Hollie Ewing
April 3, 1930-Sept. 18, 2020
Hollie “Red” Elivian
Ewing, Jr., 90, Minot, died
on September 18, 2020, in
a Minot Hospital.
Red was born on April
3, 1930, the eighth of nine
children born to Hollie
Elivian Sr. and Della Mae
(Croninger) Ewing in Bat-
tle Ground, IN. He was
schooled in the Lafayette
area, and raised by his
large, loving family until
1945 when he, along with
his parents, brother CJ,
and sister Alice and her
family moved to Turtle
Lake, ND.
He worked in the family
butcher shop, on the
family’s large wheat
farms, and played trumpet
in the high school band,
where he met his life-long
friend of more than 75
years, Jim Bergo.
In 1952, he married
Miranda Mehrer of Mott,
ND. They began their
lives together in Turtle
Lake, then moved back to
Indiana for a time before
heading east when Red
joined the Army – first sta-
tioned in Virginia, then to
Rehoboth, MA, where
their two daughters, Heidi
and Rebecca were born.
He developed his love of
barbershop singing and
flying while living in
Rehoboth and enjoyed
these hobbies for many
decades to come. Red be-
came a barber, sold real
estate, and built log
homes for several years
before moving the family
to Vermont where he
worked as a building con-
tractor. In the 1980s, he
and Miranda moved to
Cape Cod where they
were caretakers of a beau-
tiful oceanfront property
until he felt the call of the
wild-west and moved
back out to his beloved
North Dakota. He contin-
ued singing barbershop
and flying, living in
Garrison, then in the Bad-
lands working on a large
ranch before settling in
Minot.
Red was never one to be
tied down to any one
place for too long. His ad-
venturous spirit kept him
always on the go! Yet, he
loved his family dearly,
and was always very sup-
portive of his daughters’
interests, helping out in
any way he could.
He will be deeply
missed by: his former
wife, Miranda (Mehrer)
Ewing, Charlottesville,
VA; daughters Heidi Ew-
ing Kneale (Edward),
Boerne, TX, and Rebecca
Ewing (Paul Ferlan), Char-
lottesville, VA; two
grandchildren, Lee Casey
(Ray) and Edward Kneale
IV; two
great-grandchildren,
Harrison and Olivia
Casey; and numerous lov-
ing nieces and nephews,
and of course his best
friend, Jim.
He is preceded in death
by: his parents Hollie Sr.
and Della Mae, brothers
Lloyd, Cleo, Charles,
Leroy (infant), and Cecil J.
Ewing; and his sisters,
Violet Terry, Alice Evans,
and Lucille Carter.
A service will take
place later in the spring or
summer of 2021.
Those wishing to sign
the online memorial regis-
ter or share memories are
invited to use the expres-
sions of sympathy section
at (www.thomasfamily
funeralhome.com).
Arrangements entrusted
with Thomas Family Fun-
eral Home of Minot.