David Swope
Beloved brother David Roman Swope passed away on May 12 at the age of 64. He was born on June 6, 1959 which was both D-Day and David Day for our family. He was predeceased by his brother Stuart and parents Dr. Joe and everyone’s “other mom” Pat. David is survived by sisters Cathy Swope (Scott Olson) Minneapolis, Dr. Susan Swope (Kerry Luster) and Sally Tague (Dr. Robert Tague); brother Joseph Swope (Cheryl) and many nieces and nephews including Alexander Tague who was with him during his last hours.
If you needed a special paint job or faux finish, you were lucky to get David to do it. He famously made the metal door frames at the Swope lake house look so much like wood you could almost drive a nail into it. He could do the hardest thing with his faux finishing, make patterns look random.
Dave has a big family of cousins who worked, played and loved him and will miss him tremendously. His bandmates were his other family and we’re sure he is playing a Poco song with Stuart now.
A celebration of David’s life will be held in June.
Dave was one of oldest friends and we learned to play guitar and went through life sharing the highs and lows. He was a brother to me and the O’Donnell’s. My grown children have many good memories of “uncle” Dave. May God bless his soul. He will always have a special place in my heart.
I loved David Roman Swope.
We met in 6 th grade at a mutual friends.
He was my brother and his Mom and family are family to me.
I remember him as an awesome contractor, generous & righteous dude. Most importantly, a huge musical influence on me & so many it really has no number. His music will live on !
Prayers & Love
We will have a Celebration of life for David on Saturday, June 29 from 1 – 4 PM. Please join us if you can.
Location
Llywelyn’s Pub
Pup Room
17 West Moody Ave.
Webster Groves, MO 63119