Sue Arlene Ewers

Sue was the second of three children, the first being James who passed before his second birthday. The third child was her beloved younger sister, Jane, whom she helped raise while her parents both worked.

In high school, she met her future husband, Ronald Darrell Ewers. They were married during his first year of college at Wooster. They were soon blessed with their first child, Michael. Sue withdrew from Kent State University to support her new family. Lorri and Randal soon followed along with a host of cats and dogs.

Darrell joined Procter & Gamble out of college. His tenure with P & G would last for 25 years. Darrell, Sue, and Mike moved to Procter’s headquarters in Cincinnati. In the early 1960s, they moved to Toronto, Canada for two years. They returned to Cincinnati for the next six years. From 1972 to 1979 they lived in Europe. Two years in Rome, Italy, three years in Frankfurt, Germany, and two years in Brussels, Belgium. Sue continued her role as a corporate wife, outstanding hostess, entertainer for corporate parties, and international wife while learning some Italian, German and French. She and Darrell made many wonderful friends. She also managed to keep her younger children, Lorri and Randy out of trouble, at least for the most part.

In 1997 the Ewers family relocated to Chicago, IL when Darrell joined the Wrigley Company.

With the kids all in college or graduate school, Sue was ready for a career of her own. She became a Realtor with J.H. Kahn in Glencoe, IL. Sue enjoyed many successful years of selling real estate. During that time she was part of three additional companies: Kahn-Manniere, Village Green, and Baird & Warner Winnetka. Sue loved selling real estate almost as much as she loved entertaining friends and neighbors and her five grand-daughters, Leigh, Paige, Jessica, Katie, and Isabelle. During that time they lived first in Mission Hills, in Northbrook IL. Their next home was an old waterfront home in Winnetka, IL. This began a 22-year construction project as they renovated their home time and time again.

In the late 1990s, Darrell retired. He and Sue bought their dream oceanfront home in Marathon, Florida. They had owned condos there since the 1970s and in many respects considered it to be the one constant in their life of travels. They enjoyed golf and dinners with friends at Sombrero Country Club. Fishing and diving were favorite past times, as were visits from the children and grandchildren during lobster season and holidays. Sue enjoyed Mahjong and golf at the club with the ladies. They continued to visit friends and family in Chicago a few months of the year.

Sue and Darrell relocated to Naples Florida in 2014 due to health issues. Their love grew stronger over the years. They took care of each other until the end. Darrell passed in 2016. They were married for 65 years.

When we remember Sue we will think of her beauty and grace, her generosity, her love of shopping for others, the elegant way that she dressed, her wonderful cooking, especially veal picatta, her love of travel, friends, and entertaining. Most of all we remember her love of her parents, Art & Clare, and her sister, Jane, all of whom preceded her in death, her family, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Sue is survived by Michael, Carol, Leigh Popovic (Milan; parents of the two great-grandchildren, Emma & Luke), Paige and Isabelle Ewers, Lorri Ewers, Randal, Nancy, Jessica Szajner (Adam), and Katie Ewers & fiancé Conner Doyle, her sister’s son Ben Tostenson and his wife Angela, and, Darrell’s younger brother, Gordon Ewers.