Berit Johanna Swanson

Berit Johanna Swanson of Dingmans Ferry died on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015, at home. She was 78.

Daughter of the late Adrian and Johanna Åkerman, she was born Dec. 14, 1936, in Nampnàs, Finland.

She married Harry Rego Swanson on Dec. 9, 1961.

Survivors include her husband, Harry; three sons, Ronald and wife, Donna, Todd and wife, Kathie, and Carl and companion, Kelly; six grandchildren, Sarah and husband, Brian, Emily, Katelyn, Todd "TJ", Nicolas, Nolan and step-son, Thomas Slinn and wife, Kristin; two great-grandsons, Hunter and Mason Lasch; and great-granddaughter, Kelly Slinn. She is also survived by her brother and two sisters in Finland; one sister in the state of Florida; and several nieces, nephews and cousins in Finland, Sweden and the United States.

She attended Evangelical Lutheran Church in Walden, N.Y., and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Dingman's Ferry.

There will be no visitation. A graveside service at Hamptonburgh Cemetery, Campbell Hall, N.Y., will be private.

Arrangements are under the care of the Donovan Funeral Home, Goshen, N.Y.