She was born Aug. 15, 1921, to Raymond Amos and Catherine Dasher Amos. She graduated from Tolt High School in Carnation, Wash.
In August 1941, she married Richard T. Lewis in Washington. They divorced in 1992 and he died in 2000.
A resident of southwest Kansas since 1948, Mrs. Lewis worked at Gish's Sporting Goods in Ulysses until she retired. Since 2006, she had been a resident of Pioneer Manor Care Home of Hugoton.
Survivors include two sons, Richard E. Lewis of Park City, Utah, and Leon L. Lewis of Chelsen, Mich.; a daughter, Catherine L. Clark of Hugoton; five grandsons; and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; Wayne and Ester Amos, her cousins who became her foster parents after the death of her mother when she was an infant; three brothers, Don, Faye and Espie; a foster brother, Vernon; three sisters, Avis, Opal and Lilas; a foster sister, Vivian; and an infant son, John W. Lewis.
Cremation has taken place, with burial at Grant County Cemetery of Ulysses.
Garden City Telegram 5/17/11
She was born Aug. 15, 1921, to Raymond Amos and Catherine Dasher Amos. She graduated from Tolt High School in Carnation, Wash.
In August 1941, she married Richard T. Lewis in Washington. They divorced in 1992 and he died in 2000.
A resident of southwest Kansas since 1948, Mrs. Lewis worked at Gish's Sporting Goods in Ulysses until she retired. Since 2006, she had been a resident of Pioneer Manor Care Home of Hugoton.
Survivors include two sons, Richard E. Lewis of Park City, Utah, and Leon L. Lewis of Chelsen, Mich.; a daughter, Catherine L. Clark of Hugoton; five grandsons; and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; Wayne and Ester Amos, her cousins who became her foster parents after the death of her mother when she was an infant; three brothers, Don, Faye and Espie; a foster brother, Vernon; three sisters, Avis, Opal and Lilas; a foster sister, Vivian; and an infant son, John W. Lewis.
Cremation has taken place, with burial at Grant County Cemetery of Ulysses.
Garden City Telegram 5/17/11
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