Elaine Marie (Potratz) Ewalt

Elaine Marie Potratz Ewalt was born on March 29, 1931 in Westgate, Iowa, and passed away October 17, 2021 in Houston, Texas.  Elaine was raised on a farm in Westgate, Iowa, and was a 1948 graduate of West Central High School, Maynard, Iowa.  She was a lifelong member of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.  Elaine received a parochial teaching certificate from Concordia University Chicago in 1948 and moved to Beaumont, Texas to teach elementary school.  She remained in Texas the rest of her life.  She had an expanded career as a Secretary/Administrative Assistant in Houston. 

Elaine was preceded in death by her husband, Robert J. Ewalt, her son, John (Bubby) Petty, her daughter Jane (Snookie) Vega, her parents Herman and Marie Potratz, and two sisters, Helen Droste and Myra Trotter.  She is survived by daughters Sherry Thomas and Brenda Petty, grandsons David Thomas and wife Therese, Brandon Thomas and wife Kim, Kyle Thomas and wife Katlynn, Steve Deshotel and wife Heather, Michael Buck, and granddaughter Melody Jones and husband Brad, twelve great grandchildren, several nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.    

Elaine is in the care of Cypress Fairbanks Funeral Home and will be cremated and her ashes will be buried with Bubby and Snookie in Pipe Creek, Texas at a later date. 

In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to the Living Word Lutheran Church, https://lwlc.org/

Honorary Pallbearers:

David Thomas

Kyle Thomas

Brandon Thomas

Michael Buck

Steve Deshotel

Rick Trotter

Fred Droste

Allyn Rub

Bob Cates

Bobby Carlisle

Robert Ware

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