Stacy Marie Schworm (Zeneberg) of Weymouth, Massachusetts passed away peacefully at home on October 1, 2022. She was 54.

Stacy was born on July 26, 1968 to Gerald “Jerry” Zeneberg and Doralee Zeneberg (Boesch) at Fort Benning, Georgia. The burgeoning family lived there for a couple of years before returning to Michigan. Stacy spent her youth with her two younger sisters, Felicia Randall (Robert) and Adrianna Zeneberg (Lisa Shooks), fishing, catching frogs and making forts alongside Otsego Lake in Gaylord. If she wasn’t playing around home, she and her siblings could be found at her grandma’s farm getting into mischief in the hay loft, or just running around barefoot and “wrangling” the farm cats. Stacy considered “sock” a four-letter word. Even as she grew older, her contempt for socks remained throughout her life.

Stacy’s family moved from Gaylord to Traverse City, MI where she attended school. She graduated from Traverse City High School in 1986. Stacy met her future husband, Kevin Schworm, in her junior year. She and Kevin could be found hanging out in band or orchestra the last two years of high school. Towards the end of her junior year, she began to realize that Kevin really liked her as he asked her to the prom. Stacy, not realizing he was serious, said, “Okay,” but didn’t really believe him. She was very surprised when about two weeks before the prom Kevin asked her what color her dress was. She quickly covered her surprise and said, “I will tell you the day after tomorrow.” She bought her dress the next day. Stacy kissed Kevin for the first time at prom. She would always talk and write about it in the years that followed. To her, it was one of life’s precious moments that change you and bring special meaning. Stacy and Kevin were married five years later on December 29, 1990.

Prior to her marriage in 1990, Stacy attended Western Michigan University and graduated in 1993 with a BA in Education. After graduating WMU, Stacy and Kevin moved to Indian River where their children, Darby and Martin, were born and raised. She believed very strongly in her kids being raised by family and spent their formative years working in their daycare. Even after the kids grew up, she remained a significant presence in their lives. While she spent a lot of her time caring for her family, she also went back to school and earned a second degree from Lake Superior State University. Stacy spent many late nights studying at the kitchen table long after the kids were in bed. She graduated in 2005, an inductee in the Phi Theta Kappa honor society, with a BS in Accounting.

After fifteen years in Indian River, Kevin’s work required him to relocate to the east coast. His job required the family to move five more times over the next fifteen years. Each time, Stacy selflessly changed jobs and professions, and moved the family. She worked hard to ensure every new city was home to her family. She always found the positive and beauty in each place they lived, never complaining (at least not too much).

Stacy was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2014 and bravely and determinedly fought it for eight years. During that time, she still managed to volunteer and work at the hospital, co-lead (co-rectora), lead (rectora) and serve on several Keryx in Community 3-day weekends. Stacy set the terms on how she would live her life, and she refused to let life’s circumstances define her. She was as gentle as a lamb, but as tough as nails.

Stacy was a rosebush in the garden of life – vibrant, rich with color and known best for her love, compassion, grace and beauty, with the rare thorn or two. Trying to describe the breadth and depth of her life and the lives she touched is impossible. Stacy sums up her life the best with a 2009 Thanksgiving journal entry:

Since this is a time for reflection, I guess I’ll write it here… I am thankful for – My family and love, that we can all be together even though Kevin’s work has brought us far out from Michigan, the nice apartment here as well as the friends from Philly, the opportunities we’ve had to travel and explore the east coast, the exposure of the kids to bigger schools and diverse cultures, the chance to see what it is like to live in different ways, the music in this home of cello and horn, family that we can return to and visit with in Michigan, and being healthy. As the song says, “Count your blessings one by one.” By my reckoning, we are a blessed family who has much to be thankful for. So, let this holiday season cover us, let us continue to be thankful and let us help those in need.

Stacy is survived by her husband Kevin, two children Darby and Martin, sisters Felicia and Adrianna. Stacy was proceeded in death by both of her parents.

In lieu of flowers, Stacy requested that donations be made to the following charities: The Salvation Army, The Music House Museum or Habitat for Humanity.

A celebration of Stacy’s life will be held on October 21, 2022 at 11:00 am at the First Congregational Church, 6105 Center Road, Traverse City, MI 49686. Interment will immediately follow the memorial service in FCC’s Garden of Remembrance. Coffee and refreshments will be served after the service. Visitation will be held from 10:00 am to 11:00 am prior to the service – socks are optional.

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