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Alfred Eli Lewis

Birth
Indiana, USA
Death
29 Dec 1944 (aged 67)
La Porte, La Porte County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Baileys Corner, Jasper County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Unmarked Grave
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Son of Chester Washington Lewis and Hannah Rebecca Peterson Lewis.

Married Dora Ellen Hall on 2 Aug 1904 in Winamac; divorced before 1930.

Children:
Opal M. Lewis, b. 8 Jul 1905, d. 10 Dec 1993 (117324911)

Agnes Lillian Lewis Cox, b 19 Sep 1908, d. 18 Jan 1982 (56916645)

Esther Lewis Comer, b. 18 Mar 1911, d. 14 Jun 1980

Iva Louise Lewis Butler, b. 27 Jul 1913, d. 19 Aug 1963 (90148086)

Obituary as it appeared in the Winamac Republican, January 4, 1945 follows below. Note that the parents' names as well as one daughter's first name are incorrect:

Alfred Lewis, former resident of Medaryville, died at the Fairview hospital in Laporte Wednesday after an illness of three months suffering from cancer. He was sixty-nine years of age.

He was born March 27, 1875, in White County, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis. On August 2, 1904, he married Dora Ellen Hall, who survives.

Other survivors besides the widow are four daughters, Mrs. Marion Cox of Oregon, Mrs. William Comer of Kingsford Heights, Mrs. Henry Butler of Gary, Miss Opal Lewis of Porter, two brothers, Emmett of Owen, Wis., and Charles of Buchanan, Michigan, and one sister, Mrs. Mary Hershman of Wanatah.

Funeral services were held Friday at the Medaryville Christian church, the Rev. H. F. Bulger in charge. Burial was in the Independence cemetery.
Son of Chester Washington Lewis and Hannah Rebecca Peterson Lewis.

Married Dora Ellen Hall on 2 Aug 1904 in Winamac; divorced before 1930.

Children:
Opal M. Lewis, b. 8 Jul 1905, d. 10 Dec 1993 (117324911)

Agnes Lillian Lewis Cox, b 19 Sep 1908, d. 18 Jan 1982 (56916645)

Esther Lewis Comer, b. 18 Mar 1911, d. 14 Jun 1980

Iva Louise Lewis Butler, b. 27 Jul 1913, d. 19 Aug 1963 (90148086)

Obituary as it appeared in the Winamac Republican, January 4, 1945 follows below. Note that the parents' names as well as one daughter's first name are incorrect:

Alfred Lewis, former resident of Medaryville, died at the Fairview hospital in Laporte Wednesday after an illness of three months suffering from cancer. He was sixty-nine years of age.

He was born March 27, 1875, in White County, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis. On August 2, 1904, he married Dora Ellen Hall, who survives.

Other survivors besides the widow are four daughters, Mrs. Marion Cox of Oregon, Mrs. William Comer of Kingsford Heights, Mrs. Henry Butler of Gary, Miss Opal Lewis of Porter, two brothers, Emmett of Owen, Wis., and Charles of Buchanan, Michigan, and one sister, Mrs. Mary Hershman of Wanatah.

Funeral services were held Friday at the Medaryville Christian church, the Rev. H. F. Bulger in charge. Burial was in the Independence cemetery.


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