Individual Details
Marshall Ellsworth EWARD
(31 OCT 1922 - 19 MAY 1999)
Events
Families
Spouse | Elda Marise JOHNSON (1924 - 2003) |
Child | Living |
Child | Living |
Father | Alton EWARD (1901 - 1948) |
Mother | Hilda M. WILSON (1903 - 1966) |
Sibling | Grace EWARD ( - ) |
Sibling | Maude EWARD ( - ) |
Notes
Death
LAFAYETTE HILL - Marshall E. Eward, 76, of Lafayette Hill, formerly of Milroy, died Wednesday, May 19, 1999, at The Integrated Health Service in Springfield Township.
Born Oct. 31, 1922, in Yeagertown, he was a son of the late Alton and Hilda (Wilson) Eward. His wife of 56 years, Elda (Johnson) Eward, survives.
Also surviving are: children, Col. Marshall Eward, Harrisburg, and Barbara Jablokov, Lafayette Hill; sisters, Maude Kerney, Berlin, N.J., and Grace Eward, York; and three grandchildren.
He was a graduate of Yeagertown High School and Penn State University, where he earned a master's degree in mathematics, chemistry, and physics.
He served as a Technician 5th Grade from 1943-1946 in the United States Army during World War II.
He was a high school physics teacher for Kishacoquillas High School, Mifflin County School District, for more than 40 years before his retirement.
He was a member of Milroy Presbyterian Church, where he was a church elder. He was also a member of Milroy Volunteer Fire Co. and was an Emergency Medical Technician with Milroy Ambulance Association.
A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Saint Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church, 437 Ridge Pike, Lafayette Hill, with Father Edward Kelly officiating. Interment will be in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville.
Friends may call from 9-10 a.m. Friday at Lownes Funeral Home, 659 Germantown Pike, Lafayette Hill.
Memorial contributions may be made to: Milroy Volunteer Fire Co., Milroy, PA 17063.