January 8, 1923 – March 16, 2009 In Loving Memory.
Beatrice Elaine Swartout, age 86, a native New Yorker, and a resident of Mobile, Alabama for the last 31 years, died on Monday, March 16, 2009.

For 67 years she was the devoted wife of Willis Hugh Swartout. She was the loving mother of William Lee Swartout, Barbara Lynn (Paul) Michalak, Mason Hugh (Kathy) Swartout, and Janet Elaine (David) Evertz; proud grandmother of Frederick Hugh Swartout, Victor Hugh (Lexi) Swartout, Wendy Ann Brescia, Jacob Hugh Swartout, Mason Lee Swartout, Nora Lynn Swartout, Beatrice Lorraine Evertz, and Julia Ann Michalak.; and doting great-grandmother of McKenzie Ann Swartout, Sophia Marie Swartout, William Draco Xavier White, and Mia Elainelee Ahlin.

Active throughout her life in her church, she did volunteer work for over 30 years, first at Overlook Hospital in Summit, New Jersey, and 25 years at The Mobile Infirmary Medical Center. Her friends remember her as a caring, intelligent, and accomplished person. Her family remembers her as a loving, strong, dependable woman whose presence will always be felt.

There will be a private gathering for immediate family. Those wishing to remember Beatrice can do so by making a donation to the Alzheimer