San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Ewart, Stella July 11 2004 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Davis-Holman Cis1052@aol.com August 8, 2004, 8:31 am The Record August 7, 2004 Stockton Stella Ewart July 5, 1918 - July 11, 2004 Stella Ewart, 86, formerly of Stockton, CA, past away on Sunday, July 11, 2004, at the Hospice and Palliative Care Inpatient Unit in Greeley, CO. Mrs. Ewart was born July 5, 1918 in Adini, CA to Jay William and Mina (Page) Watson. On July 27, 1939, Stella married James William Ewart Sr. in Stockton, CA where they lived and raised three children. Stella was born deaf. She grew up with her brother Bill and sister Margaret. Her brother Bill was also born deaf. When Stella was six years old, someone told her mother about a school for deaf children in Berkeley, CA. She attended the school during the school year and spent her summer months at home. Stella was locally employed and retired with the Teamsters Cannery Union. She eventually moved to live with her daughter in Evans, CO until her passing. Mrs. Ewart is survived by two daughters, Ellen Kroeger of Evans, CO and RIta Dosier of Stockton, CA, and a son, James William Ewart Jr. of Stockton, CA. Mrs. Ewart is also survived by six grandchildren, Phil Dosier, Chris Dosier, Rebecca Cory of Stockton, CA, Naomi Weiss of Copperopolis, CA, John Teem Jr. of North Little Rock, AR, and Steven Teem of Paris, TN; two nephews, Robert Watson of Stockton, CA, William Watson of Anchorage, AK; a niece, Mina Ostergard of Davis, CA; great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, brother Bill, sister Margaret Babcock. Memorial Services will be at Che-rokee Memorial Park in Lodi, CA on August 9, 2004 at three p.m. with a reception to follow. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations be made to: Hospice of San Joaquin, 3888 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA 95204 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/ob665ewart.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb