HARVEY MCEWEN
KITTITAS CO., WASHINGTON

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Contributed by:  Shelli Steedman 4/20/2007


HARVEY MCEWEN DIES IN SEATTLE. PIONEER VALLEY RESIDENT CAME TO ELLENSBURG IN
1871.  Harvey McEwen, 79-year-old former Ellensburg resident and one of the
Kittitas Valley's earliest pioneers, died in Columbus Hospital in Seattle
yesterday afternoon [June 9, 1937].  He had made his home at Wapato for many
years, and died while in Seattle on a visit.

Mr. McEwen came to the valley in 1871 and lived near Ellensburg for 40 years.
In 1921 he went to Wapato to farm, later retiring.  He is survived by four
sons, Oscar and Ernie McEwen of Ellensburg; Carl McEwen of Seattle, and
Clarence McEwen of Kansas City, Missouri; three daughters, Mrs. L. W. Evans
of Wapato, Mrs. R. E. Wheeler of Toppenish and Mrs. Charles Haack of Seattle;
two sisters, Mrs. Abe Wheeler and Mrs. Elizabeth Ferguson of Ellensburg; and
six grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at he Honeycutt Chapel in Ellensburg Saturday
Afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. [Burial in the IOOF Cemetery]