Donald Norton Ewart, loving companion, brother, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and buddy, handed away peacefully on November 7, 2022 on the age of 92, at his house in Fort Mill, SC, within the firm of family members.Don was born to Joseph Norton and Mildred Lane (Cushing) Ewart on July 16, 1930 in Buffalo, NY, the primary of 4 kids.Don attended Kenmore West Excessive Faculty, Genesee Junior School, and Cornell College, the place he graduated in 1954 with a BS in Electrical Engineering, and later earned an MSEE from Union School. His profession in electrical engineering continued a convention begun by his maternal grandfather, who graduated from one of many first EE applications at MIT in 1899, and continued by his father (and later a son).It was whereas at Cornell that he met an attractive younger nurse-to-be, Patricia Ann Phelps. Don and Pat married at Kenmore United Methodist Church in 1954 and made their first house in Dayton, Ohio the place Don served at Wright-Patterson Air Drive Base as a 1st Lieutenant after finishing ROTC in school. Following his army service, Don joined the Normal Electrical Transformer Division in Pittsfield, MA, working within the Lightning Analysis Lab. In 1960 he joined GE’s Electrical Utility Programs Engineering Division in Schenectady, NY the place he held titles of Supervisor, System Dynamics and Management (1969), and Supervisor, Programs Engineering (1977). Throughout this era he made main contributions to advance the position of enormous interconnected energy methods in “holding the lights on,” thus enhancing our high quality of life. In 1980, Don turned Supervisor, Transmission and Distribution, with duties for product utility and evaluation for AC and HVDC Transmission Programs, Distribution Programs, and for Electrical Energy Analysis Institute’s (EPRI) Excessive Voltage Transmission Analysis Heart in Lenox, MA.Don and Pat loved over 30 years of marriage in Schenectady the place they raised their 5 kids. It was homebase for a lot of world adventures and a big circle of pals, together with the notorious Soiled Dozen bridge group. In 1986 he would grow to be often called “Popsie” by his increasing household of grandchildren.Don’s profession as an Electrical Engineer specializing in interconnected energy methods introduced him acclaim all over the world. He traveled to over 60 nations, consulting on the large-scale era and supply of electrical energy, enhancing the lives of hundreds of thousands, and he made pals in all places he went. He was an lively member of the Energy & Vitality Society of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Fellows Committee. He’s the writer of over 40 technical articles and papers, and was a registered Skilled Engineer within the states of New York and Massachusetts. He was named Life Fellow by the IEEE for pioneering contributions to the evaluation of the management and dynamics of large-scale electrical energy methods.In 1987 Don joined Energy Applied sciences, Inc, (PTI) as Supervisor of Consulting Companies, the place he remained till his retirement. It was at PTI that Don met his loving companion, Margaret Stambach, a fellow engineer, who would accompany him on his adventures for the rest of his life. Don & Margaret loved a 34 yr dedication and shared life to its fullest. Collectively they explored their love {of electrical} engineering, motorcycling, boating on Lake George, NY, snowboarding, bicycling and world journey. Margaret’s profession introduced them to Fort Mill, SC, and it is right here the place they’ve loved time with family and friends, and he turned identified and cherished by Margaret’s prolonged household as “Uncle Don-Ski”.In the course of the 1960’s Don was among the many pioneers of an train wave that swept the nation. He was a daily practitioner of the Canadian Royal Air Drive routine, and contributed to the recognition of jogging by circling the neighborhood nightly for 3 miles. This behavior is sustained by his kids right now, and on his eightieth birthday they joined him to run a mixed 80 kilometers in celebration of his milestone. Different hobbies included pictures, bicycling, motorcycling, woodworking and a ardour for crusing. He was a voracious learner, learning books on crusing and racing technique, and he prolonged that to his pleasure for instructing, changing into a US Energy Squadron teacher, serving to different boaters develop their navigation and boating expertise, together with a course in meteorology.Don was a fan of Garrison Keillor and his “Prairie House Companion” radio present, and on the day earlier than his passing he loved listening to “The Information from Lake Wobegon” another time with household. He recorded every episode right into a library that he would hearken to as he rode his motorbike by means of 47 of the decrease 48 states. When Garrison was knowledgeable of this, he known as Don “an inspiration to the remainder of us”, which is a becoming abstract of Don’s life.Along with his sharp thoughts and wit, some issues that characterised Don have been his charming smile, confidence and zest for all times. He cherished to have enjoyable and his ardour for enjoyment was infectious to all who knew and cherished him, and is within the DNA of all of his offspring, of whom he was past proud. The flicker of journey and twinkle in his eye is how we’ll bear in mind Don.Don is survived by two siblings, Ruth Hill (James) and James Ewart; a sister-in-law Nancy Maxon Ewart (Robert); his longtime companion Margaret Stambach; his former spouse Patricia; 5 kids Richard Norton (Carol Carter), Susan Daybreak Neely (Chris Nafis), Glen Milton (Beverly), Lynn Margaret Gula (Tom) and Laura Helene McEvoy; twelve grandchildren, Michelle Ewart, Christopher Ewart, Sean (Deanna) Ewart, Anic Neely, Heather Gula Foster (Michael), Alyssa Ewart, Erin Neely Hadcock (Travis), Teddy (Priscilla) Gula, Joe Gula, Jeremy McEvoy, Michael Gula, and Twig McEvoy; and three great-grandchildren, Lisian, Hadley and Harper. He’s preceded in dying by his brother Robert, a brother-in-law James Hill, and a grandchild Frederick Gula.A public viewing adopted by a service in celebration of his life shall be held on Saturday, November 12, 2022 from 3 – 5pm on the Palmetto Funeral House situated at 2049 Carolina Place Drive, Fort Mill, SC 29708. A dinner reception for household and pals will observe on the house of Margaret Stambach. In lieu of flowers Don has requested that donations be made to Special Olympics.The Celebration of Life shall be reside streamed and in addition completely on the Palmetto Funeral House YouTube web page for later viewing.
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Revealed by Palmetto Funeral House & Cremation Service – Fort Mill on Nov. 11, 2022.
