John L. Ewing, age 86, Grant City, Missouri, died Friday, December 04, 2015 at the Northwest Medical Center in Albany, Missouri.

John was born November 21, 1929 in Maryville, Missouri. He was the son of the late John Dorr and Martha (Kennedy) Ewing.

John was a graduate of Maryville High School and the University of Missouri, Columbia holding a degree in Agriculture.

On June 21, 1953 John was married to Harriet Williams. They were divorced. John later married Mary Catherine Lipsmeyer.

John was a veteran of the United States Navy, training naval aviators in Corpus Christi, Texas.

John had worked for the United States Department of Agriculture Packers and Stockyards, both in Kansas City and Portland, Oregon. His love of farming had him in recent years on the farm raising Hereford and Angus Cattle.

John was preceded in death by his first wife Harriet, a daughter Melissa Ewing, a sister Mary Ewing Belcher and his wife Mary.

Survivors include: Three sons, John Brent (Karin) Ewing, Kansas City, Missouri, David (Anne) Ewing, Portland, Oregon, Alex (Ellen) Ewing, St. Louis, Missouri, one step-daughter Julia (Derrell) Cox, Grant City, one step-son Larry (Cathy) Kitchen, St. Louis, 14 grandchildren, 11 greatgrandchildren, three nieces, Nancy Buck, Madalyn Maddox, Janie Belcher, two nephews, Bryan and Joe Belcher.