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| Margaret Sweany |
| Date Of Birth: | April4, 1928 |
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| Date Of Death: | April 2, 2012 |
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| Service Date: | There will be a private service. |
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Margaret "Peggy" Sweany was born in Logansport, IN on a spring day
in 1928. She died peacefully in her home surrounded by loved ones
on a beautiful spring evening two days shy of her 84th
birthday. As a young woman, Peggy was intrigued by
engineering and architecture and her early talent for drawing drove
her to be the first female drafting student in her high school. Her
artistic talents encompassed both 2 and 3-dimensional work. Her
first employment was as a photo studio technician, and she remained
an avid photographer all her life. In the 1940's, Peggy moved to
Indianapolis to attend John Herron School of Art where she met and
married Indiana Artist, Paul J Sweany. Together they raised 4
daughters in an environment saturated by creativity, art and music.
She taught them to see beauty in everything from rocks and
textures, to light filtering through a canopy of leaves. She
enjoyed camping, gardening, splitting wood, bird watching, building
projects, and she was an excellent seamstress. Margaret was
best known for her outstanding ceramic sculpture (especially of
bears) and her colorful oil paintings. She taught clay courses at
the Indianapolis Art Center, where she and Paul were active
teacher/members for over 50 years. They retired to Bloomington in
1999. Her art is a tribute to a multi-talented individual and her
love for architecture, nature, color and travel. Peggy was a driven
artist and an inspiration. She never, ever lost her sense of awe
and actively worked on her art until only a few short days before
her cardiac condition resulted in her earthly demise. Peggy was
preceded in death by her parents, George & Jessie Marshall, her
five siblings, Mable Leffert, Ruthie Angell, Arthur, John and
George Marshall; her
beloved nephew, Jack Leffert, and her husband, Paul J. Sweany. She
is survived by her four loving daughters, Jessica (Jeff)
Rutherford, Justyn (Ken) Wolf, Jenny (Vince) Stankiewicz, and Jaime
Sweany; her dear friend Ransom Haile, her loving care-giver Rebecca
Phillipson, and her best (canine) friend "Baby." She has nine
beloved grandchildren, Lauren, Landon, Brian, Shane, Emily, Tobin,
Tierney, Kayleen, and Savannah, and 9 great-grandchildren. There
will be a private family service. In lieu of flowers, please send
memorial donations in her name to Pets Alive, 2444 South Walnut
Street Bloomington, IN 47401.
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