MELROSE — Miss. Jean Swift age 95 years, of Melrose and formerly of New Bedford, died Saturday April 15, 2006 at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital after a period of declining health.
The daughter of the late Albert H. and Lydia (Davoll) Swift, she attended area schools and was a graduate of Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School in Boston.
A precise and exacting person she was employed as an executive secretary to the president and chairman of the board of a large Boston area firm.
She is survived by a cousin Patricia Taber of Dartmouth.
Her graveside service will take place on Wednesday at 12 noon April 19, 2006 in Rural Cemetery, New Bedford, Ma. Remembrances may be made to the Southcoast Humane Society-Animal Rescue League at 31 Ventura Drive, No. Dartmouth, MA 02747. Arrangements are with the Wilson Chapel, 479 County St., New Bedford, Ma. www.wilsonchapel.net