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PAWLING, N.Y. — Lifelong Pawling resident Teresa M. Swalagin died Wednesday, June 1. She was 93.
Swalagin was a nurse’s aide at Harlem Valley State Hospital in Wingdale for 38 years.
She was a communicant of St. John’s Church, the Catholic Daughters and the Alter Rosary Society.
Swalagin is survived by her son, George and his wife, Mary Jane Swalagin; son, Charles and his wife, Lisa Swalagin; daughter, Patricia Coleman-Gardella; four brothers, Mike, Sy, Dominick and Roland Capalbo; four grandchildren, Bruce, Brian and Anne-Noel Barbera and Shannon Morcey; six great-grandchildren, Sydney, Paige and Chloe Barbera, Aliyah Barbera and Peter Slade Morcey and Greta Morcey; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Swalagin was predeceased by her husband, George; her parents, Angelo and Agnes (Taney) Capalbo; and several brothers and sisters.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Swalagin's memory may be made to Animalkind, 721 Warren St., Hudson, NY 12534 or the Alzheimer Association at alzfdn.org.
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