Jack M. Schwartz, 60, passed away on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at St. Luke’s Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri. Jack was born on January 12, 1957 the fourth son of Betty L. (Yeager) Pokorny and Phillip A. Schwartz.
He was a 1975 graduate of Hays High School, Hays, Kansas and later graduated from Fort Hays State University. The majority of his adult life was spent in the securities and investment business.
Jack had a passion for working with and coaching young athletes especially in track and field. He attained the rank of Black Belt in both Tae Kwon Do and Hapkito. He enjoyed traveling abroad and riding motorcycles throughout the central United States with his brothers and friends.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Betty L. Pokorny, father, Phillip A. Schwartz, and nephew, Channing Dion Schwartz.
He is survived by his love of 25 years, Mary Heath of Salina, Kansas, a son, Dominic Brandon Schwartz, two daughters, Jennifer Diane Reyes and Jessica Danielle Hix and Mary’s daughter, Nancy Keim and grandchildren, Kaden Keim, Alexandra Keim, Gwendolyn Hix and Finnigan Sprague, three brothers, Channing D. Schwartz and wife, Constance, of Alliance, Nebraska, Dennis R. Schwartz and wife, Kathy, of Midland, Texas and Frank J. Schwartz and wife, Nancy, of Liberal, Kansas, one Aunt, Lorraine Bramwell of Concordia, Kansas; step-father, Robert Pokorny, of Hays, Kansas; nieces, nephews, family and friends.
Visitation will be Sunday November 26, 2017 from 1:00 through 8:00 P.M, with the family present from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Funeral services under the direction of Carlson-Geisendorf Funeral Home, Salina, Kansas will be held Monday, November 27, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Burial to follow in Greenville Cemetery, Niles, Kansas.
Memorials are suggested to the family to be sent to local school athletic programs at a later date.