Jack Ewing
January 22, 1932 –
JACK EWING
Jack Ewing passed away at the Baldomero Lopez State Veterans Home in Land o’ Lakes, Fla., July 9, 2016. Born January 22, 1932, Jack was reared in Macomb, Ill., by parents Mary and Dewey Ewing. He attended the Normal School in Macomb and spent his senior year at Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, Ill. He went on to Knox College and transferred to the University of Virginia.
The draft took him to the Korean War while it was raging, and he served in the artillery. This was the only time he missed a summer at the family cottage in Charlevoix, Mich. After the Truce, he worked with the Armed Forces Radio Service in Korea. He received four military decorations: Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal with Bronze Star, and UN Service Medal.
Returning to the University of Virginia, he served as editor of the Virginia Spectator and graduated with a BA in History. He worked as an announcer, news editor, and salesman with radio stations in Petoskey, Harbor Springs, and East Lansing, Michigan, and went back to Macomb to pursue a degree in Accounting at Western Illinois University (1973).
He joined the Union National Bank in the Marketing Department, and served as a Director and Vice-President. He was also on the Board of Directors of the State Bank of Industry, Ill. To further his education in banking, he attended the Bank Management School, University of Wisconsin, and the Illinois Bankers’ Assoc. School at Southern Illinois University.
The McDonough County YMCA presented him the Service to Youth Award in 1974. Jack was a voracious reader; he especially enjoyed maritime history and fiction. He was curious and adventurous and travelled to countries in Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. Jack loved to drive, was an avid pilot (both instrument and multi-engine ratings), and sailor; he never passed up a chance to visit an airport or marina.
In spite of a stroke in October 2000, he remained involved in civic life in a variety of communities. He belonged to the Rotary Club of Charlevoix, Macomb Beautiful, Sigma Nu, the Elks, Masonic Lodges in Macomb, Rushville, and Quincy, American Legion, Presbyterian Church, University of Virginia Jefferson Society, The National Society of Madison Family Descendants of Monticello, Va., Lake Charlevoix Assoc., Water and Air Team Charlevoix (WATCH), Tip O’ The Mitt Watershed Council, and the Charlevoix Yacht Club. He supported the Congregational Church of Charlevoix, Presbyterian Church of Macomb, and Unitarian Church of Quincy. He is survived by his wife Virginia, sister Harriet (Brian) Harburn of Seattle, brother-in-law John (Clarissa) Leonard of McLean, Va., and three nephews Philip, Charles, and Robert Leonard.
Jack Ewing passed away at the Baldomero Lopez State Veterans Home in Land o’ Lakes, Fla., July 9, 2016. Born January 22, 1932, Jack was reared in Macomb, Ill., by parents Mary and Dewey Ewing. He attended the Normal School in Macomb and spent his senior year at Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, Ill. He went on to Knox College and transferred to the University of Virginia.
The draft took him to the Korean War while it was raging, and he served in the artillery. This was the only time he missed a summer at the family cottage in Charlevoix, Mich. After the Truce, he worked with the Armed Forces Radio Service in Korea. He received four military decorations: Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal with Bronze Star, and UN Service Medal.
Returning to the University of Virginia, he served as editor of the Virginia Spectator and graduated with a BA in History. He worked as an announcer, news editor, and salesman with radio stations in Petoskey, Harbor Springs, and East Lansing, Michigan, and went back to Macomb to pursue a degree in Accounting at Western Illinois University (1973).
He joined the Union National Bank in the Marketing Department, and served as a Director and Vice-President. He was also on the Board of Directors of the State Bank of Industry, Ill. To further his education in banking, he attended the Bank Management School, University of Wisconsin, and the Illinois Bankers’ Assoc. School at Southern Illinois University.
The McDonough County YMCA presented him the Service to Youth Award in 1974. Jack was a voracious reader; he especially enjoyed maritime history and fiction. He was curious and adventurous and travelled to countries in Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. Jack loved to drive, was an avid pilot (both instrument and multi-engine ratings), and sailor; he never passed up a chance to visit an airport or marina.
In spite of a stroke in October 2000, he remained involved in civic life in a variety of communities. He belonged to the Rotary Club of Charlevoix, Macomb Beautiful, Sigma Nu, the Elks, Masonic Lodges in Macomb, Rushville, and Quincy, American Legion, Presbyterian Church, University of Virginia Jefferson Society, The National Society of Madison Family Descendants of Monticello, Va., Lake Charlevoix Assoc., Water and Air Team Charlevoix (WATCH), Tip O’ The Mitt Watershed Council, and the Charlevoix Yacht Club. He supported the Congregational Church of Charlevoix, Presbyterian Church of Macomb, and Unitarian Church of Quincy. He is survived by his wife Virginia, sister Harriet (Brian) Harburn of Seattle, brother-in-law John (Clarissa) Leonard of McLean, Va., and three nephews Philip, Charles, and Robert Leonard.