Beverly A. Swallen

January 18, 1936 - August 4, 2020

Beverly Swallen passed away on Tuesday 4th August 2020. She was born on 18 January 1936 in Canton, Ohio to Alyce (Peebles) and Clarence Blackledge. She was a 1954 graduate of Lincoln High School with a commercial diploma and the ambition to go to business school. She married Glenn Coates on 2 December 1954 in Columbiana City, Indiana. Later she married a second time on 23 May 1980 to Dr. Earl Swallen in Canton, Ohio. She was a life long member of Trinity United Church of Christ, and participated in many golf leagues through the church. She had worked as a receptionist at the chiropractic office with her husband Earl. After their retirements they wintered at Jekyll Island, Georgia; enjoying many rounds of golf in the more mild climate. She enjoyed time with her grandchildren and later visits by her great-granddaughters. She was preceded in death by her parents Alyce and Emil Bardash and Clarence Blackledge, brothers Greg Blackledge and Emil “Chuckie” Bardash, son Russ Coates, and husband Earl Swallen. She is survived by her son Todd Coates, stepson Todd (and Ruth) Swallen, grandchildren Stacey (and Randall) Coates-Vondrak and Aaron Coates, and two great-granddaughters. She will be interred on Friday, August 7, 2020 at 1 pm at Forest Hill Cemetery. There will be a viewing on Friday, August 7, 2020 at Schneeberger Funeral Home from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. Share a memory or sign the online guest book at www.SchneebergerFuneral.com Schneeberger 330-456-8237