Rosemarie

Theresa (Swetts) Waterbury

Rosemarie Theresa (Swetts) Waterbury, 70, of Newtown, died on January 14 at Bethel Health Care. She was the wife of John A. Waterbury. On January 8, 2005, they celebrated their 34th wedding anniversary.

Mrs Waterbury was born in Swoyersville, Penn., on October 30, 1934, a daughter of the late George J. and Rose (Rohai) Swetts. She received a BS in analytical chemistry from the College of Miseracordia in Dallas, Penn. She was employed as an analytical chemist for DuPont and for American Cyanamid. Mrs Waterbury also worked with her husband in their bicycle shop and proved to be a gifted mechanic. She began her second career about 20 years ago when she became a nurses’ aide. Mrs Waterbury retired from Heritage Heights Care Center in August 2004.

Besides her loving husband, she is survived by two brothers: John Swetts and his wife Eleanor of Pennsylvania and Bernard Swetts and his wife Joan of Niagara Falls, N.Y.; her sister-in-law and dear friend, Shirley Waterbury of Martinez, Ga.; her nieces and nephews: Ann Bauer, Carol Swetts, Jennifer Swetts, Charlotte Swetts Mattey and her husband John, AnnMarie Swetts, Douglas Waterbury, Dale Waterbury, Darryl Waterbury, David Waterbury, and Susan Champ; and several great-nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brother George Swetts.

The funeral service was held January 19 at the Brookfield Funeral Home.

Donations in her memory may be made to the Women’s Center of Greater Danbury, 2 West Street, Danbury CT 06810.

The Newtown Bee     January 21, 2005