Dorothy Elaine Ketner Swing

Dorothy Elaine Ketner “Dot” Swing, 94, of Salisbury, NC passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, February 12, 2019. Born October 10, 1924 in Salisbury, NC, she was the daughter of the late Effie Viola Yost Ketner and George Robert Ketner; and the step-daughter of the late Allene Glover Ketner. Mrs. Swing was educated in the Salisbury schools and graduated in 1941 from Boyden High School, now known as Salisbury High School. She received her BA degree from Lenoir Rhyne University, graduating in 1945. She was the first woman elected editor of the weekly Lenoir Rhyne and was elected May Queen for the school year 1944-45. She received her master’s degree from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC in 1978. A Business Education and Social Studies teacher, Mrs. Swing taught at Hickory High School, Hartsell High School, Concord-Kannapolis High School in North Carolina; Batesburg-Leesville High School, Chapin High School, Irmo High School, and Columbia High School in South Carolina; College Park Junior High School in Hickory, Emerson Junior High and Brackenridge High Schools in San Antonio, Texas. She was a payroll secretary for the Social Security Administration in Hickory, North Carolina, payroll secretary for the Department of Education and Project Associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. When Mrs. Swing returned to Salisbury in 1993, she again became a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Salisbury. In former Lutheran churches, she taught the adult ladies Bible Sunday School classes, and was a life member of the Lutheran Church Women. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, The Rev. Stafford Leroy Swing in 1980; her brothers Glenn Ketner, Sr., Robert Ray Ketner, Sr., C. Brown Ketner, and Ralph W. Ketner. Also preceding her was her youngest daughter, Janet Swing Quick. Those left to cherish her memory are her children Paul Swing, Sr. and wife Peggy of St. Louis, MO; Don Swing and wife Maryann of San Antonio, TX; Debra Swing Preis of Hopkinton, MA; her sister, Virginia Ketner Petty of Greensboro, NC; grandchildren Sherry Cunningham, Paul Swing, Jr., Tyler Quick, Matthew Quick and Rohan Preis; great-grandchildren Colin and Holland Cunningham. The family will receive friends from 10 AM – 11 PM Saturday (Feb. 16) at Summersett Funeral Home. Funeral service will be conducted at the Summersett Memorial Chapel at 11 AM, with the Rev. Rhodes Wooley and Rev. Dr. Randy Kirby officiating. Interment will follow at City Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to Rowan Helping Ministries, Rowanhelpingministries.org, 226 North Long Street, Salisbury, NC 28144 or First Presbyterian Church, 308 West Fisher Street, Salisbury, NC 28144 Summersett Funeral Home is serving the Swing family. Online condolences may be made to www.summersettfuneralhome.com.

Dorothy Elaine Ketner Swing

October 10, 1924 - February 12, 2019