Elaine S. Swierczek of Forestport, NY and Greenwood, DE passed away on Saturday, February 8, 2025, in Milford, Delaware.

     Elaine was the daughter of David Spencer and Ethel Rita (Ehlinger) Gardner of Utica, NY.   She attended St. Francis de Sales schools and graduated from Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, NY.  Elaine married Stephen Arthur Swierczek of New York Mills, NY on August 2, 1975.  She had a successful and rewarding career with various state and county agencies in New York.

     She was President of the Women’s Service Board of the Fairport Baptist Homes in Fairport, NY and volunteered for many years at that nursing home.  She served as Regent and Vice Regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution for the Caleb Hopkins Chapter of Pittsford, NY.  She was also secretary of the Atwell Fish & Game Club of Atwell, NY, near her beloved home in the Adirondack Park.

     Elaine was very creative and enjoyed entertaining. She was skilled in dessert making and crafts and generously gave of herself by sharing her creations and crafting skills with friends and neighbors, and through her volunteering.

     She leaves her husband Stephen; a sister and brother-in-law Linda and Steven Gribnau of Shelburne, VT; a brother John Gardner from Frankfort, NY (deceased).  Nieces and nephews Erica Gardner Bushley and Ray Bushley and great nephew Riley Bushley of Little Falls, NY, Christopher and Lisa Henry Gribnau and great niece Anabel Gribnau of Charlotte, VT, Lisa Gribnau Roche and Patrick Roche of Charlotte, VT.  She also leaves cousins Dean Gardner of Clinton, NY, and Thomas Gaines of Yorkville, NY.

     Visitation for family and friends is Saturday, March 8, 2025, from 9:30 am until 11:30 am at the Heintz Funeral Home, 408 Herkimer Rd., N. Utica followed by a service at 12:00 noon at Holy Trinity Cemetery Resurrection Chapel Mausoleum in Yorkville, NY.   If you wish, donations can be made in her memory to The Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, DC, Delaware Hospice, the Cancer Society, or to an organization of your choice.