Ewing, Darlene "Boots" (Schlitter) 1930-2009

CAHOON, SCHLITTER, EWING, KUBITZ, BURROUGHS, WELCH, SNITKER, MOSIER

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 3/7/2009 at 21:00:22

Darlene "Boots" Ewing

Darlene "Boots" Ewing, 78, of Waukon died Monday, February 16, 2009 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 19 at 11 a.m. at Rossville Presbyterian Church in Rossville, with Pastor Amy Perkins officiating. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, February 18 at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon.

Darlene Zelda Ewing was born November 26, 1930 to Frederick and Geneva (Cahoon) Schlitter. As the story goes, when Darlene was born she was so small that she fit into her father's boot box and that's where her nickname "Boots" came from.

May 28, 1949, Boots married her childhood sweetheart, Stan Ewing, on her parents' farm. From 1951 to 1970, Stan and Boots farmed south of Rossville, where they raised their two daughters, Sharon and Sue. Boots worked as a cook for the Waukon Public School District, where she enjoyed the company of fellow cooks and the students who passed through her line.

Boots was a member of the Rossville Presbyterian Church and the Rossville Presbyterian Women. Her family will remember Boots for her cooking, crocheting and her love for her husband, Stan. The couple spent many weekends listening and dancing to area music groups, taking drives around the countryside or camping at Goose Island.

Survivors include two daughters, Sharon (Doug) Kubitz of Monona and Sue (Dave) Burroughs of Waterville; seven grandchildren, Bob (Tracy) Kubitz of Monona, Shelley Kubitz (fiance' Ryan Mahannah) of Rochester, MN, Ryan Schulte, Tracy Schulte, Mike Burroughs, Danielle (Adam) Chase, all of Waukon, and Mitchell Burroughs of Harpers Ferry; five great-grandsons, Kyle, Jordan, Cody, Joseph and Bradyn; two sisters, Marcella (Gordy) Hansmeier and AnnaMae (LaVern) Geno, both of Waukon; four sisters-in-law, Phyllis Welch, Kay (Darrell) Snitker and Ann Ewing, all of Waukon, and Marcella Ewing of Corvallis, OR; and several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Stan; four brothers-in-law, John Ewing, William "Bill" Ewing, Ambrose Welch, and Karl Mosier; a nephew, Greg Mosier; and her great-nephew, Bryce David.

Honorary casketbearers are Virgil and LaVon Martins, Don and Rita Larson, George and Belva Ashbacher, and Eldon and Lorna Troester. Casketbearers are Bob, Tracy and Shelley Kubitz, Ryan Mahannah, and Ryan and Tracy Schulte.

The Waukon Standard, February 18, 2009