Mary Lewis Bernard

Birth: Jan. 25, 1899
Iowa, USA
Death: Jun. 27, 1993
Eagle Grove
Wright County
Iowa, USA [Edit Dates]

She married George Bernard of Eagle Grove. and the couple farmed east of Eagle Grove before moving into Eagle Grove.
She is survived by her sons, Russell, Cedar Falls, Melvin, Maquoketa, Kenneth, Minnetonka, Minn. and Jerald, Cedar Falls; daughter, Eileen Stevenson, Goldfield; 17 grandchildren; 25 g-grandchildren; sister, Helen Jergensen, Eagle Grove. She was preceded in death by her husband, George, brothers, Carl Lewis and George Lewis; and sisters, Geneva Sanders and Atta Christensen.


Burial:
Rose Hill Cemetery
Eagle Grove
Wright County, Iowa

George Harlan Lewis

G. Harlan Lewis, 72, left his earthly tent for his new home and life with the Lord at 8:05 p.m. on Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008. His seven-and-a-half-year battle with lung cancer ended in his home in Marshfield, Missouri where he had resided for 38 years.

Harlan (the name he went by all his life) was born in 1935 in Headgrove, a small community southeast of Eagle Grove, Iowa. He was the son of George Ellison Lewis and Viola Violet Brown Lewis, who both preceded him in death. In 1953, Harlan graduated from the Eagle Grove High School, joined the National Guard and began farming in Iowa. In 1956, while serving in the military police company with the Iowa National Guard, Harlan received a letter of commendation for assisting in saving the life of a fellow guardsman while swimming. In 1957, he volunteered for active duty in the Navy. It was during this time of service that, on June 8, 1957, he accepted the redemption Christ has provided and embarked on a new relationship with God. This relationship was of utmost importance to him for the remainder of his life.

On Sept. 9, 1960, he married Carol Smith, and to this union two children, Tim and Anita, were born. They lived an continued farming near Goldfield, Iowa, until their move to Marshfield in 1970, where he continued farming. He enjoyed breeding cattle and was always trying to improve his herd.

Survivors include his wife, Carol; a son, Tim Lewis and his wife, Debbie, of Bristow, Va.; a daughter, Anita Dockstader, of Marshfield; and five grandchildren, Lisa Dockstader, Dalton Dockstader, Randy Dockstader, Evan Dockstader and Kyle Lewis.

Funeral services for Harlan Lewis will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 27, in Fraker Funeral Home, Marshfield, with Jerry Carlin officiating. Burial will be in the Marshfield Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, in the funeral home. The casket will be closed at the beginning of the service. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the charity of the donor's choice.

Gertude Estelle Ely Lewis

Gertude Estelle Ely Lewis

Birth: Mar. 20, 1867
Webster City
Hamilton County
Iowa, USA
Death: Apr. 30, 1938
Eagle Grove
Wright County
Iowa, USA
Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery
Eagle Grove
Wright County
Iowa, USA

George Hugh Lewis

George Hugh Lewis

Birth: Jun. 28, 1864
Wisconsin, USA
Death: Jan. 12, 1943
Eagle Grove
Wright County
Iowa, USA

Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery
Eagle Grove
Wright County
Iowa, USA

George E Lewis

George Ellison Lewis
Birth: 1902
Eagle Grove
Wright County
Iowa, USA
Death: 1935
Eagle Grove
Wright County
Iowa, USA

Vera Lewis

Vera Irene McCutcheon Lewis

Birth: Mar. 19, 1905
Goldfield
Wright County
Iowa, USA
Death: Jul. 2, 1998
Webster City
Hamilton County
Iowa, USA
Lewis, Vera Irene (1905 - 1998)

LEWIS, MCCUTCHEON, HELMER, BLAKE, KRITCHMAN, SCHLAWIN, HANSON, PATTERSON, CROVISER


Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, Iowa; Thursday, July 2, 1998.

Vera Lewis, 93, Webster City, died Wednesday, July 1, 1998 at the Crestview Manor Care Center in Webster City. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Asbury United Methodist Church in Webster City, with Rev. Barbara Chapman officiating. Visitation will be after 10 a.m. Friday until service time. Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery at Eagle Grove at 1:30 p.m. Friday.

Vera Irene McCutcheon, daughter of John and Iva (Helmer) McCutcheon, was born March 19, 1905 on a farm near Goldfield. She attended rural schools and graduated from Goldfield High School in 1922. Later she graduated from a beauty school and worked as a beautician in Eagle Grove and Palmer. On Feb. 21, 1928, she married Carl R. Lewis at Goldfield. The couple farmed in the Head Grove community near Eagle Grove until 1941 when they moved to a farm northwest of Webster City. They retired in 1958 and moved to Webster City. Mr. Lewis died July 21, 1987. Mrs. Lewis had resided at Crestview Manor since 1987.

She is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Delores and Wayland Blake, Forest City and Arlene and Duane Kritchman, Des Moines; grandchildren, Shelly Blake Schlawin, Maria Hanson, Laura K. Patterson, John Kritchman and Alyssa Blake Callaway; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Verla Croviser, Thor.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by four brothers and a sister.

Mrs. Lewis was a member of the Asbury United Methodist Church and Chapter J.E. of P.E.O.




Spouse:
Carl Richard Lewis (1897 - 1987)*

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.