FENTON C. EWING

EWING, FENTON C., son of Harry T. and Helen Ewing, passed away in Homestead at age 94. Born in New York City on July 17, 1917, his mother died in 1918 and he moved to Hialeah to be with his father at age 7. A graduate of Miami Edison High School, he served in the US Army in the European theater during WWII returning as a First Lieutenant. After honorable discharge, he pursued a career with National Cash Register Company. In the early 1950's, he followed his father into the real estate field. As a real estate broker, he specialized in commercial sales/development in the Hialeah and Miami Springs area. He developed Hialeah's first modern shopping center (Flamingo Plaza) and the first enclosed mall (Westland Mall). Mr. Ewing brokered the sale of White Belt Dairy in west Hialeah and developed the property into the Palm Springs Mile/Westland shopping and residential successes they are today. In addition, he was primarily responsible for the creation and development of Vista Memorial Gardens cemetery in Miami Lakes where he himself will be laid to rest in a private family ceremony. After retiring from real estate, Mr. Ewing became a world traveler captaining his own yachts, one as large as 123 ft. staffed with crew members from throughout the world. After sailing adventures which included exploring many countries on most of the continents and islands, he established a home base in Costa Rica for 10 years before returning to Miami and finally to the Homestead area. He is survived by his wife Maria, daughters Barbara Wood and Lisa Ewing, sons Bruce Ewing, Donald Ewing and Richard Ewing, grandchildren Steven Wood, Randal Wood, Joanna Ewing, and Harrison Ward, great grandchildren Kyle, Jordan, Chandler, Taylor and Hailey. View this Guest Book at www. MiamiHerald.com/obituaries.