Class of 1944
1944 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Lorraine Ewy
– 17-year-old son of E. J. Ewy, route 4, Perry, was born at Perry and has attended school at Perry throughout his twelve years of schooling.
Lorraine has been treasurer of the F.F.A. his senior year and was a letterman in wrestling this year.
Lorraine expects to enter the armed forces at the close of graduation.
Lorraine Delois Ewy
June 8, 1926 – July 17, 1989
L.D. Ewy, age 63, of Oklahoma City, went to be with the Lord July 17, 1989, at South Community Hospital.
He was born June 8, 1926 in Perry, Oklahoma to Edward and Zelma (Branham) Ewy. He was a 1944 graduate of Perry High School.
He moved to Oklahoma City in 1956 and was a broadcast engineer with KOCO TV for over 20 years.
He was a member of the First Christian church in Perry, Oklahoma, a private pilot, and member of the Remote Control Aircraft Association, and the Broadcast Engineering Society.
He is survived by his wife, Harriett, whom he married June 6, 1948; a son, John Wayne Ewy, Mead, OK.; daughters, Loretta Kaye Holland of Tuttle, OK, Carol Ann Smith of Oklahoma City, OK; his mother, Zelma of Perry, OK; a brother, Jack of Perry; sisters, Geraldine Sheets and Bunnie Kinglesmith, both of Perry; 7 grandchildren; and a special friend of 32 years, Larry Kosfield of Oklahoma City, OK.
He will be forever loved and remembered by the multitude of people who knew and loved him. The family suggests memorials to the American Cancer Society.
Services will be at 2pm Thursday at the South Colonial Chapel. Vondel L. Smith & Son Mortuary, S. Western.