WELLSVILLE - David C. Sweet, age 73, of Larchwood Drive passed away on
Wednesday October 16, 2019, in North Chili. He was born on May 14, 1946 in
Wellsville to Robert C. and Gladys Dickinson Sweet. On July 1, 1995 in Wellsville he married
Jacqueline Austin who survives.
David was a graduate of Wellsville High School in 1964. He entered the U.S Air Force in 1966 where he
served a tour in Vietnam stationed at Bien Hoa Air Force Base as a sergeant in
Transit Alert. David entered the US Army Reserve in 1972 and retired in 1992 as
a First Sergeant. While in the service to his country he earned many awards
including the Meritorious Service Award. He was a 54-year life member of the
Fire Department and held many offices as a member of the McEwen Hose Company
and later the Wellsville Fire Company. David served the Wellsville Fire
Department as Chief 2003 until 2005and presently was a member of the Fire
Police. He worked for his father and uncle from 1970 until 1990 at the former
Rockwell Brothers Department Store and retired from Air Preheater in 2004. He
was a member of the First Trinity Lutheran Church of Wellsville and its
Saturday Bible Study and the Men's Club. David was a former member of the
Wellsville Ambulance Corps.
Survivors include his wife Jacqueline; his mother Gladys
Sweet of Wellsville; his sons Matthew [Laura] Sweet of Clayton, NC., and Mark
Robert Sweet of Wellsville; a daughter Carrie Lynn [Robert] Perez of Santa
Clarita, CA.; 5 grandchildren Cory C. Sweet, Nathan C. Sweet, Kendall Hathaway,
Lacey Green and Luke Green; his sister Kathryn [Roger] Moyer of Wellsville;
several nieces and nephews; special friends Tom Slavin and Belinda and Robert
Butts.
Friends are invited to call on Saturday, October 19, 2019,
from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. at the J.W. Embser Sons Funeral Home in Wellsville. A
funeral service will take place at 4 p.m. at the conclusion of the calling
hours with Pastor Dick Helms presiding. Burial will take place in Woodlawn
Cemetery and memorials may be made to the Wellsville Fire Department, or to the
Wellsville Volunteer Ambulance Corps, or to the Hart House. To leave online
condolences please visit www.embserfuneralhome.com.
