Bonnie Ethel Swickard, 92, Indianapolis businesswoman and artist, passed away on December 9, 2014. She was born on January 14, 1922 in Indianapolis to the late Roy and Delcie May (Love) Wolfe. She graduated from George Washington High School in 1940 and from Herron Art Institute in 1943. She was married in Indianapolis to the late Don Swickard November 28, 1942. She received her Bachelor''s Degree in 1957 and her Master''s in 1962 both from Indiana University. She was a founder of Wolfe & Swickard Machine Co., Inc. with her father and later founded Alton Mobile Home Park. She was an art teacher at schools in both Indianapolis and Perry Township, a leader for Campfire Girls, Cub Scouts and Bluebirds and a member of the Eastern Star, Indiana Education Assoc., Indiana Teachers Assoc., Indianapolis Arts Assoc., the South Side Art League and was named a "Who''s Who" in Art In America.
She relished spending time with her family, fishing, and traveling throughout the US and Europe to practice, study and refine her talent for art. She was known to spend weekends drawing portraits at L. S. Ayres in downtown Indianapolis and at Riverside Amusement Park.
She was predeceased by her brothers, Donald, Clarence, and Fred Wolfe and her granddaughter, Hannah Swickard. She is survived by her children, Carolyn Swickard, Don Jr. (Wanda), Patricia Tejera (Arnold),and Samuel (Sue); 8 grandchildren, and 9 great grandchildren.
A celebration of life will be scheduled at a later date. She will be laid to rest at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens.