Kenneth Thomas Lewis (1906 – 2002)
LEWIS, THURLOW, KINDRED, BACUS, POOL, HUNT, ADAMSON, JOHNSON, TODD, MARLIN, TETRICK, WELCH, LUTJENS
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Date: 7/25/2010 at 18:46:24
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Kenneth Thomas Lewis
Kenneth Thomas Lewis, the son of Charles Williams Lewis and Lillian Amanda Thurlow, was born Feb. 2, 1906, in Knox Township near Lacelle and died May 30, 2002, at Adel Acres Care Center in Adel. He was 96.
He attended Knox Township schools and graduated from Osceola High School in 1924. He attended Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant for a year.
Mr. Lewis was a farmer and resident of Clarke County most of his life except for four years when he traveled for a greenhouse construction company in Chicago as a glazer and painter. He returned to Iowa in 1930 and began farming.
He married Helen Kindred on June 16, 1938, in Indianola and they became the parents of two children.
Mr. Lewis and his family purchased a farm north of Woodburn and he lived there until he retired in 1970 when he moved to Osceola.
He was a member of the Farmers Union, served on the Farmers Home Administration committee for several years and was active in organizing, operating and serving on the board of the Osceola Senior Center. He also served as the Sergeant of Arms at the Iowa State Senate in the early 1960s.
Mr. Lewis was originally a member of the Lacelle United Methodist Church and currently was affiliated with the Osceola United Methodist Church.
He loved to fish and was well-known by his family for his "Kennethisms" which demonstrated his sense of humor.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife Helen in 1995; four brothers, Frank R. Lewis, Harold H. Lewis, Carl W. Lewis, Hayse Lewis; six sisters, Kitty M. Bacus, Princess Pool, Rose E. Hunt, June E. Adamson, Dorothy M. Johnson, Doris Todd and a son-in-law, Richard Marlin.
Mr. Lewis is survived by a son, Chuck Lewis and his wife, Linda Lewis of Urbandale; a daughter, Jan Marlin of West Des Moines; four grandchildren, Lisa Tetrick and Chad Lewis, both of Waukee, Allie Welch of Eden Prairie, Minn. and Wendy Marlin of St. Paul, Minn.; seven great-grandchildren; a brother-in-law, Chester Kindred of Leon; a sister-in-law, Fleta Lutjens of Lamont; other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Mr. Lewis were June 3 at Kale Funeral home in Osceola, the Rev. James Louk officiating. Organist Pennie Gonseth accompanied Emil Rinderspacher as he sang Precious Memories and Just a Closer Walk with Thee.
Honorary casket bearers were Lisa Tetrick Allie Welch, Ashly Marlin, Jason Tetrick, Austin Marlin, Aaron Tetrick, Jonathan Lewis, Chad Lewis, Wendy Marlin, Samantha Lewis and Lindsey Tetrick.
Burial of the cremains will be in Maple Hill Cemetery at Osceola at a later date.
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