Richard Louis Ewer

Richard Louis Ewer was born on April 12,1949 in Olivia, Minnesota. He was the son of Robert and Irene (Ruschmeyer) Ewer. Richard was baptized at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Hector Minnesota. He confirmed his faith at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Fairfax, Minnesota. He attended Hector Community School, K-12, graduating with the Class of 1967. Following graduation Rich enlisted in the United States Air Force. He served in the Air Force as an Airplane Mechanic from 1968-1973 during the Vietnam War. He was discharged in 1973.

After returning to Hector following his military service he worked various jobs in the area. In 1976 he met the love of his life, Cynthia McKinley. They were married on August 26, 1978 in Nicolett, Minnesota. Rich and Cindy were delighted to welcome a beautiful baby girl to their family on October 13, 1997. She became the center of their world.

They lived and worked in the Hector area until January 1981 when they moved to Tucson, Arizona. Rich worked for his cousin, Walter Ewer, Pima County Community College, (as an HVAC instructor) and Arizona State University (as an HVAC technician). He retired from ASU in 2019. Rich’s hobby was raising purebred chickens. He developed his love for chickens by spending time with his Uncle Claude Ewer (when he was growing up) and his cousin Leon Ewer (after moving to Tucson).

Rich passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2026 at the Peppi Hospice House in Tucson, Arizona at the age of 77 years.

Per Rich’s request there will not be a celebration of life. Burial will take place at a later date in Minnesota.

Rich was preceded in death by: his wife, Cindy, on May 3, 2016, his parents, Cindy’s parents, and his sister, Carole Ewer Wieseler.

He is survived by; his daughter, Danielle Ewer, grandson, Zion Gwion, Zion’s father Darus Gwion, sisters, Linda Loney, Arlys Ewer (Sherry), Georganne (Curt) Danielson. Many Nieces, Nephews, Cousins, and Friends.

Death is nothing at all. It does not count.

I have only slipped away into the next room.

Nothing has happened.

Everything remains exactly as it was.

I am I, and you are you

and the life that we lived so fondly together

is untouched, unchanged.

Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.

all me by the old familiar name.

Speak of me in the easy way which you always used.

Put no difference into your tone.

Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes

that we enjoyed together.

Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.

Let my name be ever the household word

That it always was.

Let it be spoken without an effort, without –

the ghost of a shadow upon it.

Life means all that it ever meant.

It is the same as it ever was.

There is absolute and unbroken continuity.

What is this death but a negligible accident?

Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?

I am but waiting for you, for an interval,

somewhere very near, just around the corner.

All is well.