Julie Ann McEwen

Julie Ann McEwen, 42, Topeka, died Sunday, July 4, 2004. Ms. McEwen was a nationally certified music teacher. She taught elementary music for Topeka Public Schools. She was born Oct. 6, 1961, in Norfolk, Neb., the daughter of Randall and Faye McEwen. She graduated from Lincoln East High School in Lincoln, Neb., and earned a bachelor's of music degree from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and a master's degree in music from Kansas State University. She had attended the Music Educators National Conference in Washington, D.C. Ms. McEwen was a member of Delta Zeta social sorority at Nebraska Wesleyan University, Mu Phi Epsilon music fraternity at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Kansas Music Educators Association in Wichita, Kansas Music Teachers Association in Topeka, Kansas Education Association in Topeka and Topeka Education Association. Survivors include a daughter, Brittany Ann Laughlin, Lawrence; her parents, Randall and Faye McEwen, Lincoln, Neb.; a sister an d brother-in-law, Kim and Dave Stemper, Lincoln, Neb.; a brother and sister-in-law, Scott and Julie McEwen, Lincoln, Neb.; three nephews, Jeff Owen and Blake and Cole McEwen, all of Lincoln, Neb.; a niece, Katie Owen Bohling, and her husband, Mike, Scandia; an aunt and uncle, Erma and Russell Lervold, Scandia; and special friends, G.R. and Amy Laughlin, Lawrence, Dr. Mahendra Patel and Robert Fowks, both of Topeka. A funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St., Lincoln, Neb. Burial will be in Lincoln Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be sent in care of the family.