Ewing, Winifred I. 1909-2003

EWING, BUSBY, COX, REED, AMMANN, SCHMIDT

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes
Date: 11/2/2014 at 17:39:56

The Montezuma (IA) Republican
March 26, 2003

WINIFRED I. EWING, 94

Winifred I. Ewing, 94, of Malcom, died Saturday, March 22, at the Grinnell Regional Medical Center in Grinnell.

Her funeral service was Tuesday, March 25, at 2 p.m. at Watts Funeral Home in Montezuma with the Rev. Dr. George Salnave officiating. Burial was in the Jackson Township Cemetery in Montezuma.

Winifred was born on Friday, March 12, 1909, in Grinnell, the daughter of Rolla and Grace Busby Cox. She graduated from Montezuma High School with the Class of 1926. She worked as a switchboard operator for the Montezuma Telephone Company from 1924 to 1928. She was married to Carl L. Ewing on April 28, 1928, in the Little Brown Church at Nashua. Following their marriage, they moved to a farm near Malcom until moving to the Ewing family farm southeast of Malcom. They farmed the family farm for 70 years. On Oct. 29, 1977, Carl passed away. Winifred was a member of the Montezuma Presbyterian Church all her life and she was involved with the U.P.W. and Westminster circles. She was also a past matron of the Malcom Order of the Eastern Star Holly Chapter No. 477 of which she was a 50-year member.

She is survived by her two children Carl E. (and Pauline) Ewing of Montezuma and Joy Reed of Malcom; eight grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews; a sister-in-law, Lillian Ewing of Sellersville, Pa., and a brother-in-law, Mike Ammann of Montezuma.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Gordon Ewing; a grandson, Ronald D. Reed; a great-grandson, Travis Schmidt; two brothers, Raymond Cox and Kenneth Cox; a sister, Maxine Ammann, and a son-in-law, Dwayne A. Reed.

Memorials may be made to the Montezuma Presbyterian Church or to Montezuma Fire and Rescue.