Obituary - Margaret E. Swick

Margaret E. Swick, 84, died Saturday, Dec. 18, 2015, at her home in Havre.

Visitation will be held from 3:30 until 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. 

Her funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, at First Lutheran Church with Pastor Tanner Howard officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. Memorials in Margaret's honor may be made to the First Lutheran Church in Havre.

Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home.

Please visit Margaret's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandbonine.com.

Margaret was born on Oct. 11, 1931, in Havre to Chris and Albertine Reum. She was raised in Kremlin and graduated from Kremlin High School. That same month, she married Frank "Bud" Goodian. The couple had one son, and later divorced.

She was the only girl to all of her aunts and inherited quite the collection of antique dishes and jewelry. She was a homemaker and thoroughly enjoyed crafting and cross stitching. She dedicated a lot of her time to being a member of the American Lutheran Church.

On Nov. 21, 1972, Margaret married Darrell Swick. Together they owned and operated Swick Farms and Windy Coolie Llamas. Margaret and Darrell enjoyed many trips to their cabin in Monarch, traveling back to Minnesota to see family and taking trips to Vegas and showings for their Llamas. They traveled many places together in their motorhome until Darrell passed away in 1994.

Margaret moved to Havre, and in recent years she enjoyed visiting her many friends, especially Joyce and Shirley and Greg and Marcia Durward, who was a great friend and neighbor to her, always willing to lend her a helping hand. She loved to visit people and eat at Char's Restaurant every day. She attended church at First Lutheran and participated in many of their church activities.

Margaret was preceded in death by her first husband, Frank "Bud" Goodian; her second husband, Darrell Swick; her daughter-in-law, Judy Goodian; her stepson, Jim Swick; her grandson, Brandon Firman; and her son in-law, Bill Scofield.

Margaret is survived by her son, Ed Goodian of Box Elder; her grandchildren, Arron Goodian of Havre, Elli (Mike) Schroeder of Missoula and Ashley (Neal) Levang of Helena; her great-grandchildren, Landon and Braydon Levang; her step-daughters, Judy (Swick) Scofield and Joann (Bob) Moffit; her step-grandchildren, Stephanie (Mike) Moran, Kristy (Marlie) Moffit-Schluter, Jaime (Justin) Moffit-Gibbons, and Allie Moffit, and all of Jim's Swick's kids, Gene, Jerimiah, Jimmy, Jeff, Jezaroy and Jasi; and her step-great-grandchildren, Seth, Courtney and Carter Moran.