Dr. Harry M. Swartz RIP

Dr Harry Swartz was honored by the Monmouth County Freeholders at his retirement party in Middletown in 2017

Dr. Harry Mason Swartz of Rumson passed away on December 27, 2019. He was 88.

“Dr. Harry,” as he was known to tens of thousands of patients in his Middletown family practice of 59 years, was born in Atlantic Highlands, and graduated as valedictorian of his class at Middletown High School. He graduated at the top of his class from both Ursinus College and Thomas Jefferson Medical School and was inducted into the prestigious AOA medical honors society. He completed his residency at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. He later served as a Major in the New Jersey National Guard.

Swartz family at Dr Harry’s retirement party in 2017

He is survived by his wife Renee Swartz; their children, Stephen Swartz, M.D. and his wife, Annie Swartz, Little Silver; Addie Swartz, and her husband Joel Rosen, Concord, MA; and Sidney Swartz, M.D. and his wife Gloria Garcia, M.D., Stuart, FL; and five grandchildren, Eliana, Jordan, Jacob, Aliza and Chloe.

The funeral was Sunday afternoon, December 29 at Congregation B’nai Israel, Rumson. Internment at B’nai Israel Cemetery, Tinton Falls followed the funeral.