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Swart was loved and respected by many people. When she left Oshkosh in 1923,
her absence was greatly felt. For Miss Swart and her sister-in-law, her
retirement meant a move to the nation's capital where she was recognized
in the local press for her service to education, as well as her recent contributions
to Washington society in the local chapters of the American Association
of University Women, League of Republican Women and the League of Women
Voters. She was also a devoted member of the Universalist Church. Into her
'90s, Miss Swart continued to teach, giving lectures on a variety of subjects
to church or organization members.
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A
poem, presumedly written by Catherine Swart, expresses the pair's bittersweet
farewell upon their move to Washington, 1923.
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On
December 20, 1939, at the age of 92, Miss Rose Swart died in her apartment
in Washington, D.C., three months after her sister-in-law and companion
Catherine died.
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Swart,
in her classic profile pose, in ca. 1920.
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At
her funeral, her reverend Seth Brooks said:
The last time I saw Miss Swart she showed me a loving cup given to
her by the alumni of the Oshkosh Teacher's College where she presided
for so many years. That cup is to find a permanent home in our church.
On the cup are two words -- An Appreciation. Today we come here to express
"an appreciation" for her life, her friendship, her intellect, her home,
her love of the right, and her hatred of the wrong. And were she to speak,
would not she offer the prayer of one in the Old Testament-Remember
me, O God for good!
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