Marian Ewing, 56-Year Resident

Marian Shoemaker Ewing, a Pacific Palisades resident for 56 years, died peacefully on March 7 at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica after a lengthy illness. She was 85. Born June 5, 1922 in Columbus, Ohio, Marian attended Ohio State University, and was a member of the Delta Gamma sorority. While at college, she met her future husband, Philip Ewing. They married in December 1943 at the Harvard Chapel in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Marian and her husband arrived in California in 1948. By 1952 they had become residents of Pacific Palisades in a neighborhood near the Riviera Country Club, where they raised their two daughters. Mrs. Ewing’s first job was that of a nursery school teacher for the children of the students and professors at Harvard Business School, which her husband attended. She also taught young children while living in Brooklyn, New York. Phil Ewing was a business and finance executive who is now retired. Marian was a loving mother and wife; she was devoted to her family. Her hobbies and interests over the years included crafts and sewing (she had a small business with her designs in the 1960s), bridge, playing the organ, frequenting garage sales, philanthropic work with the Santa Monica Keys (serving as president at one time), and spending time at her second home in Palm Desert for 30 years. She immensely enjoyed her extensive travel around the world during the ’70s. In addition to her husband of 64 years, Phil Ewing, she is survived by two daughters, Patty Ewing of Palms, and Sharon Ewing Kendall (husband Jim) of Lafayette, California, and two grandchildren, Jimmy and Jamie Kendall. Marian will be remembered for her genuine kindness, her honesty and her sense of humor. She lived a wonderful life in Pacific Palisades with a loving husband and family, friends, activities and the beauty of Southern California that she adored. No services will be held. Memorial donations in her honor may be made to the charitable organization of one’s choice.