Gladys
Ewing, 86
Thief
River Falls - Gladys Ewing, 86, died Tuesday,
April 10, 2001 at her home in Thief River
Falls.
Funeral
services were held at 11 
a.m. on
Monday, April 16, at the United Methodist Church in
Thief River Falls with Rev. Dan Horn officiating.
Musicians included Barb Hauger, organist; Reid
Froiland, pianist; and Laura Ewing, cellist. Anne
Ewing presented special music, and Jim Ewing
delivered the eulogy. Casketbearers were Orin
Green, Phil Hess, Cal Lindberg, Bob Reeve, Verne
Spengler, Bob Bredeson, John Bornholdt, Ted Helle
and Orville Stock. Interment was in Greenwood
Cemetery in Thief River Falls. Green Funeral Home
of Thief River Falls was in charge of the
arrangements.
Gladys
Johanna Melby was born on February 28, 1915 at
Oklee, the daughter of Ole O. and Gertrude
(Nesland) Melby. She was baptized and confirmed at
Zion Lutheran Church in Oklee. She attended school
and high school at Oklee. After graduating from
Bemidji State Teacher's College, Gladys taught in a
one-room schoolhouse at Blackduck.
On June
17, 1939, she was united in marriage to J.Weir
Ewing in Minneapolis. The couple lived in Oklee
were Gladys' husband practiced dentistry. In 1945,
they moved to Thief River Falls where Gladys worked
beside her husband in his dental practice for many
years. After Dr. Ewing died on September 9, 1994,
Gladys continued to make her home in Thief River
Falls.
She was
an active member of United Methodist Church. Also,
she was a Girl Scout and Cub Scout leader and held
memberships in the Lincoln High School Foundation
and Endowment Fund at Northland Community and
Technical College.
Gladys is
survived by a daughter, Carole (William) Pariseau
of Salt Lake City, Utah; two sons, James (Anne) of
St. Cloud and Ron (Mary) of Vienna, Va.; six
grandchildren; two great-granddaughters; two
sisters, Alice Boyd of Silver Springs, Md. and
Jeanie Anderson of Minnetonka; a brother, Harold
Melby of Minnetonka; and a
sister-in-law.
She was
preceded in death by her husband; parents; two
brothers, Tom Melby and Orlo Melby; and two
sisters, Katherine Gull and Verna Melby.
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