Jeanne Ruess Swanton, 84, died Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the University Medical Center at Princeton of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Born in Altoona ,Pa., she was a former resident of Redding Ridge, Conn. and Cranbury before recently moving to Montgomery.
A teacher for 30 years beginning in 1958, she held faculty positions in Norwalk and Andrew Warde high schools in Connecticut as well as Fairfield University and the University of Connecticut. She taught chemistry, physics, calculus and other sciences.
She was a graduate of Altoona High School and Pennsylvania State University’s Eberly College of Science, one of two women in her class with a degree in chemistry. After beginning her teaching career she received master’s degrees in education and chemistry from Fairfield University and Brown University.
Before beginning her teaching career she lived in New York City while working for M. W. Kellogg Co. during World War II. She then moved to Connecticut where she owned and operated Swanton Press with her husband.
Upon retiring from teaching, she continued her own education, became certified in tax preparation and taught English as a second language.
Her husband, Paul Swanton, and sister, Lorraine R. Crockett, are deceased. She is survived by her son, Joel P. Swanton of Holden, Maine; daughter, Sandra Kelly of Franklin; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A memorial gathering will be held 4 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at Stonebridge at Montgomery, 900 Hollinshead Road, Montgomery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made for support of the Eberly College of Science Scholarship Fund with checks made out to Pennsylvania State University, The Office of Donor Services, 1 Old Main, University Park, Pa. 16802.
Arrangements were by Van Arsdale Funeral Home, Somerville.

