Dear Jesus called Don home on April 3, 2011. He was born December 1, 1929 in Omaha, Nebraska to Arthur and Ruth (Thompson) Ewing. He worked with his dad at the Union Pacific Railroad. He was in active duty in Korea and later served in the last Mule Pack Division. Moving to Washington, he was an electrical contractor, owning his own business, EZ Electric. In 1970, he achieved his Private Pilot License at Arlington Aviation. An avid rockhound, he loved roaming the mountains digging for rocks and panning for gold. He thoroughly enjoyed playing poker with his friends. He lived, loved and worked on Manitou Ranch in Day Creek for 45 years; training, breeding and betting the race horses he loved. In his final years, he lived to go bowling in his league at Riverside Lanes.
He is survived by his beloved wife, Freda Ewing, married 45 years; 5 children, Chris Foster of Belfair, Stacy Turcott of Bellingham, Don Jr. of Hawaii, Jeff Bargewell of Burlington, Micki Hamlin of Sedro-Woolley; a sister, Betty Brandstrom of Mount Vernon.
He was preceded in death by 3 brothers, Ken, Jack and Jerry Ewing, and sister, Marjory Ewing.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, April 13, 2011, at Lemley Chapel, Sedro-Woolley, with Pastor Rick Miles presiding. A reception will follow at the American Legion Hall.
I lived in the Day Creek area in the 70’s and was a neighbor with Don’s in-laws the Bakers which were delightful
people as was Don and his wife Freda from the Manitou Ranch just up the road. These were rock solid good
Christian people who lived this way and anyone who knew them were blessed to know them.
Don had this great confident attitude and purpose in life that was an inspiration to others.
His perceptive quit wit was just added fun you got with Don.
Even though now on the east coast for many years , I cannot forget the unspoken great people you meet
along the way. May you live forever in God’s Way.
Greg Harlensky
Dear Aunt Freda and family,
Our hearts are with you as you say good-bye to a wonder man. May you find comfort in the happy memories you have shared and look forward to being united in our permanet home of Our Lord one day soon.
We will miss my brother-in-law and our Uncle Don too.
Our love and prayers are with you always,
Nancy, Robin & Tony, Angela & Craig and family
Our Sincere Condolences to all of you. We miss our Ewing side of the family.
Debbie Ewing Parks, Susie Ewing and Mariann Shanno
I have such great memories of “hanging out” with my sister’s older boyfriend when I was a teenager and doing things that we were not
supposed to be doing.