Frederick Schwartz's Memorial

Submitted By: AngiePam Schwartz-Roebuck-Foster

Candles Lit: 188

About Frederick Schwartz

Dad is our hero, he is our world. He loved his grandchildren & his children. He was the greastest, dad, granddad, brother, uncle, friend, & person. He was loyal, friendly, caring, honest, & most of all loving. He was always there for us. To guide us thru the hardest times, the saddest times, the happy times. Even thru all his pain, he would have this calmness to him. He would always play with his grandchildren, read to them, sing to them, play games with them. He so loved his grandchildren. He always helped Pam & I with everything. He was a great man. The day he died a part of us died with him. There is & always will be an emptiness. My tears still fall, my heart still hurts. Dad was my world. He lived with me & I saw him everyday. We love & miss you so much dad. you will always be in our hearts & thoughts!

Frederick Schwartz's Legacy

Dad was born on August 25, 1943 in Brooklyn NY, to Max Schwartz & Rosalie Rose. He has a brother named Harold & a sister named Irene. They lived there for a while then moved to Tucson AZ. Where Max & Rose opened & managed a grocery store. All the kids helped out in the store. Eventually Dad went into the Air Force in the late 60's. His father (our grandfather) died while dad was in the Air Force. He was only 56. Dad came home to be with his family.
He went back in the service & there he met his first wife & had his first son Kenneth. A few years later they divorced. Then he met & married our mom. Pam was born in 77 in Germany. In 78, I was born in Virginia. We moved everywhere. Hawaii, Michigan, Okinawa, & a bunch more places. My Dad got out of the service in the 80's & moved to Colorado Springs. Eventually, my mom & dad divorced & Pam & I were going back & forth. Although we lived mainly with Dad. He became the manager & owner of apartment complexes & a motel. He was a very busy man, but he always had the time for his little girls. Our mom moved to Texas, so dad moved us to Arizona in 92. Dad started working as a computer operator until he retired in 2006. By that time he already had 9 grandchildren. Pam's kids are Kayla, Katilynn, & Katherine. Mine are Shellie, Damien, Christian & Jasmin. Ken's are Simon & Mara. When his mother (our grandmother) passed away in 2005, dad was devastated & it showed. His own health was detoriating. He was diagnosed with CHF, COPD, high blood pressure, thyroid problems, herniated disc, the list goes on. In 2008, he had a silent heart attack, he had surgery to put 4 stints in his heart he was put on blood thinners. In September 2009, he got worse. He went into the hospital & they said he had pneumonia, they released him 4 days later. A couple of hours later, he went back, he had a fragmented disc, they released him with pain medication. At home, he got worse & worse. Wasn't eating, drinking, he could not walk. We called the ambulance, they rushed him to the hospital, they diagnosed him with acute renal failure & a ruptured disc. They reversed the renal failure. We thought he was getting better, He showed signs of getting thru this. But because he was on blood thinners & could not walk they transferred him to a skilled nursing facility waiting out his back surgery. Pam & her kids, Uncle Harold , my kids & I would visit Dad everyday, sometimes all day, sometimes 2-3 times a day. He was always in so much pain. We hated to see him like that. We kept telling him everything will be fine, you'll have your surgery & you'll walk again & have no more pain. 2 days before his surgery he passed away from a pulmonary embolism. The last words I spoke to him were "I will see you in the morning, I love you dad" I gave him a hug & a kiss. 4 hours later god called him away. My heart is filled with sorrow & sadness. I promised him everything would be ok. I MISS YOU SO MUCH DAD! I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART DAD! I will always be your little girl & you will always be my dad! The day I see you again my heart will fill with happiness again.