Jean Ann Ewan

Born in Brooklyn, New York on Sept. 24, 1931, she was the daughter of Beasley and Gladys (Williams) Dawson. Her father died when she was a child; her mother remarried Rupert Daniels. Jean and her husband, Harold Ewan, met as teens when they were neighbors; their families lived next to each other in an apartment building on Dean Street in Brooklyn. They were married on Oct. 6, 1950 in Brooklyn. Harold predeceased her on June 4, 1979.

Jean was an officer for the New York state Department of Corrections for many years at the Adirondack Correctional Facility in Ray Brook; she also worked at other facilities, retiring from her last assignment at Camp Gabriels. She attended Howard University in Washington, D.C.

Jean is survived by her daughter, Deborah Ewan Howitt (Robert Czakel), eight grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and beloved nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold, her parents, and three children, Cathy, Dirk and Julie Ewan.

She leaves many longtime friends and former colleagues, including Betty and Mel Thwaits, Joan Snyder, Ed and Rosemarie Morrow, and DeWreathe Francis.

Funeral arrangements are in care of Fortune-Keough Funeral Home, 20 Church St., Saranac Lake, NY 12983. There will be no calling hours. A graveside service will take place in the Spring at the family lot in St. John’s in the Wilderness Cemetery in Lake Clear.

Family and friends wishing to remember Jean A. Ewan may make memorial contributions to the Adirondack Health Foundation or The Wild Center or in care of the funeral home. Family and friends can also share their condolences and memories online at fortunekeoughfuneralhome.com.