1930
Darlene
2009
Darlene "Boots" Ewing
November 26, 1930 — February 16, 2009
Darlene "Boots" Ewing, 78, of Waukon, IA, died Monday, February 16, 2009, at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 19th, at 11:00 AM at Rossville Presbyterian Church in Rossville, IA, with Pastor Amy Perkins officiating. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 4:00 - 7:00 PM Wednesday 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.
On 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 school cook for the Waukon Public School District where she enjoyed the company of her 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, IA, and Sue (Dave) Burroughs of Waterville, IA; 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 is 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, Eldon and Lorna Troester. Casketbearers are Bob, Tracy and Shelley Kubitz, Ryan Mahannah, Ryan and Tracy Schulte.
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.
On 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 school cook for the Waukon Public School District where she enjoyed the company of her 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, IA, and Sue (Dave) Burroughs of Waterville, IA; 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 is 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, Eldon and Lorna Troester. Casketbearers are Bob, Tracy and Shelley Kubitz, Ryan Mahannah, Ryan and Tracy Schulte.
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