Carl Richard Lewis

Lewis, Carl (1897-1987)

LEWIS, ELY, MCCUTCHEON, BLAKE, KRITCHMAN, BERNARD, JERGENSON



Listed in the Daily Freeman Journal on Tuesday, July 21, 1987

Carl Lewis, 90, Webster City, died early Tuesday, July 21 at the Hamilton County Hospital.

Friends may call at the Foster Funeral Home from 4 p.m. Tuesday to 10 a.m. Thursday, July 23 when private committal services will be conducted at Rose Hill Cemetery at Eagle Grove.

Memorial services will be held 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Asbury United Methodist Church. Rev. Bruce D. Bane will officiate.

Carl Richard Lewis, son of George and Estella Ely Lewis, was born April 9, 1897, on a farm southeast of Eagle Grove. He attended the Head Grove Rural School.

He farmed southeast of Eagle Grove. Feb. 21, 1928, he married Vera McCutcheon at Goldfield. The couple farmed southeast of Eagle Grove until 1941, when they moved to a farm northwest of Webster City. In 1958, the couple moved to Webster City, where they had since resided.

Survivors are his wife, two daughters, Dolores (Mrs. Wayland) Blake of Forest City, Arlene (Mrs. Duane) Kritchman; five grandchildren; two sisters, Mary Bernard and Helen Jergenson, both of Eagle Grove.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, and two sisters.

Mr. Lewis was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church the Birthday Club, Hamilton County Farm Bureau, and senior citizens club.