Joyce Josephine Tiller Ewing, was born February 10, 1939 in Saint Joseph, MO. She passed from this world on December 27, 2024 at 10:06am. She was 85 years old.
Joyce enjoyed bowling, garage sales, knitting scarves for veterans, cardinals & canaries! Joyce was one of 7 children born to Virgil and Betty (Watkins) Tiller. She was a twin to Jean Marie Tiller. Joyce and her siblings spent their younger years in Saint Joesph Catholic Orphanage until their father returned from WWII. From that time forward, the Tiller children grew up in a loving home with their father and stepmother, Millie.
Joyce married Leeland Scott Ewing and went on to raise 2 children and have a career in the California Aerospace industry for 36 years, until she retired in 2004. She returned to her childhood home in Missouri after retiring from Litton Industries.
Proceeding her in death are her father Virgil, stepmother Millie, twin sister Jean Marie, sister Bonnie Tipton, brother Earl (aka Pete), sister Evelyn Barnes, sister Rosemary, birth mother Betty, and ex-husband Leeland Scott Ewing.
Those left behind to cherish her memory are her son Scotty Lee Ewing and wife Kari (Rafello) of Redmond, WA; her daughter Barbara Jean Ewing Elms and husband Randall Wayne of Odessa, TX; Grandson Tyler Scott Ewing & great granddaughter Viola Carol Jane Ewing of Carnation, WA, and siblings Gary Tiller & Sue Hopper both of St Joseph, MO.
The Ewing family would like to thank the Mosaic Hospice team and the staff of Saint Joseph Manor for their attention and care of our mother at the end of her life. Also, a great big thank you to her loving & faithful caregiver, Dawn Day from Home Instead, who cared for our mother over the past 2 ½ years. Our angel on earth, Dawn was at our mother's bed side the morning she passed. May God bless all the people who touched our mother’s life in so many ways.
Natural Farewell under the direction of Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory.
