Navorska tree » Richard John (Richard John "Dick") "Dick" Ewert (1927-2007)
Personal data Richard John (Richard John "Dick") "Dick" Ewert
- Nickname is Dick.
- He was born on March 5, 1927 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN.
- (note1) .Source 1
Source: Bonnie Hadley, K. Schlim, Steve Pettis
- He died on June 25, 2007 in Great Fls., Cascade Co., MT, he was 80 years old.
- He is buried after June 24, 2007 in Great Fls., Cascade Co., MT (Highland Cem.).
- A child of Cassen Dirks and Adlheit Ollie Borgers
- This information was last updated on November 26, 2022.
Household of Richard John (Richard John "Dick") "Dick" Ewert
He is married to Beverly Ione Davis.
They got married on June 11, 1949 at Power, Teton Co., MT, he was 22 years old.
Notes about Richard John (Richard John "Dick") "Dick" Ewert
Richard John "Dick" Ewert
Sources: Author: N.N. (anonymous, initials J V V), Title: "Richard John Ewert," (Publication location: Great Fls., MT, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xxiii Nov MMIX), Repository: The Cloud
Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44717549/richard-john-ewert
"Photo [military-style stone shared with Beverly I Ewert] added by J V V
Richard John Ewert Birth 5 Mar 1927 Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA Death 25 Jun 2007 (aged 80) Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, USA Burial Highland Cemetery Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, USA Plot Buried in the New Veterans section of the cemetery Memorial ID 44717549
POWER - Richard John Ewert, 80, of Power, a World War II Navy veteran and a career telegrapher for the Great Northern/Burlington Northern Railroad, died of natural causes Monday at Peace Hospice in Great Falls.
Survivors include his wife, 3 daughters, a son, a sister, nine grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Richard was born March 5, 1927, in Minneapolis and attended Stoney Brook School near Pequot Lakes. He served in the Navy Seabees during WWII in the Pacific campaign and was on ship in Tokyo Bay when Japan surrendered.
He attended railroad school in Minneapolis, and began as an apprentice telegrapher for the Great Northern Railroad in 1948 in Simms and Buffalo.
He eventually was assigned to Power as a telegrapher, where he married Beverly Davis in 1949, and retired from the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1987. He had also worked in Dutton and Brady.
Richard enjoyed cooking and baking and was good at it. He also loved everything about the sea and deco-rated his family room at home accordingly. He served as a volunteer fireman for the Power Volunteer Fire Department and was involved with the Power Community Church, serving as a Sunday school teacher and as a deacon.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Cassen and Adeline Dirks; and a sister, Marguerite Wolcott, all of Pequot Lakes.
Complete obituary published in Great Falls Tribune on June 26, 2007
Parents
[photo - stone shared with Ollie Dirks] Cassen Dirks 1890 - 1983
[photo - stone shared with Cassen Dirks] Ollie Borgers Dirks 1892 - 1985
Spouse
[photo - stone shared with Richard J Ewert] Beverly Ione Davis Ewert 1931 - 2008
Siblings
[photo - stone shared with J. Arnold Foreman & John Foreman] Martha Dirks Hall 1917 - 2011
Created by: J V V Added: 23 Nov 2009 Find a Grave Memorial ID: 44717549"
Author: Hadley, Bonnie; Schlim, K.; Pettis, Steve; Title; "Richard 'Dick' John Ewert," (Publication location: Salt Lk. City, UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: xxx Oct MMXX), Repository: The Cloud
Link: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LTSY-ZV2
"... Richard 'Dick' John Ewert Last Changed: December 16, 2019 by Steve Pettis Sex Male Reason This Information Is Correct: GEDCOM data Last Changed: May 5, 2017 by K. Schlim Birth 5 March 1927 Reason This Information Is Correct: GEDCOM data Death 25 June 2007 Reason This Information Is Correct: GEDCOM data Burial Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States
Military Draft Registration 06 Aug 1946 Pequot Lakes, Cass, Minnesota, United States Reason This Information Is Correct: proof of military Last Changed: October 30, 2020 by Bonnie Hadley Military Service BKR3 US Navy World War II Reason This Information Is Correct: Headstone
Residence Cass, Minnesota, Pequot Lakes Reason This Information Is Correct: proof of military
Spouses and Children
Richard 'Dick' John Ewert 1927 - 2007
Marriage: 11 Jun 1949 Power, Teton, Montana, United States
Beverly Iona Davis 1931 - 2008
Parents and Siblings
Cassen Dirkes Deceased
No Marriage Events
Adeline Dirkes Deceased
Children of Adeline Dirkes and Cassen Dirkes (1)
[1] Richard 'Dick' John Ewert 1927 - 2007"
Richard was 18 years old when Japan surrenderd to the U.S.A. on 2 Sept 1945.
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Birthday March 5, 1927
- The temperature on March 5, 1927 was between 5.3 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
- January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
- January 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
- May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
- June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
- July 10 » Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State is assassinated by the IRA.
- September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
Day of marriage June 11, 1949
- The temperature on June 11, 1949 was between 9.7 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
- In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
- January 1 » United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
- January 11 » The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
- May 4 » The entire Torino football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in a plane crash.
- July 20 » The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
- August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
- October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
Day of death June 25, 2007
- The temperature on June 25, 2007 was between 11.3 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- In the year 2007: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
- January 4 » The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
- April 25 » Boris Yeltsin's funeral: The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.
- July 25 » Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first female president.
- August 15 » An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.
- September 16 » Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad.
- December 23 » An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state.
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