Grace Elizabeth Lewis

LEWIS, ROBERTS, EDWARDS, SMITH, KELLY, PINE, MARSHALL, DEAN, HAMPTON, SCHMIDT, FULLERTON, ROSS, THOMAS, WAGENKNECHT, JEBOUSEK, GRIFFITH, GRIEBEL, GREEN, JARRARD

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Date: 11/6/2018 at 14:22:56

Columbus Gazette, April 11, 1935, page 1

Mrs. Earl J. Lewis, a former resident of this community died at three-thirty o'clock Sunday morning April 7, at the University hospital at Iowa City following a brief illness of only a few hours.

Mrs. Lewis became ill at her home in Solon about 1:30 Saturday afternoon. Local physicians were called and as she did not improve she was taken that same evening to the University hospital where she died early Sunday morning.

Grace Elizabeth Roberts, daughter of William G. and Carrie Roberts, was born in Columbus Junction, February 18, 1902, and was aged 33 years, 1 month and 18 days. She spent her young womanhood in this community and was graduated from the Columbus high school in 1920.

Early in life she became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church in this city and for several years she was the pianist at both the church and Sunday school services. Fraternally she was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and took a prominent part in its activities.

She was united in marriage to Earl J. Lewis of this city, September 26, 1921. To them three children were born, one of whom, Leland, died in infancy. She was a devoted wife and a loving mother, leaving nothing undone for the up building and welfare of those she loved.

For several years after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Lewis made their home in this community, then moved to Lone Tree where Mr. Lewis was employed for a number of years on the Lone Tree Reporter. About a year ago they moved to Solon, Iowa where Mr. Lewis assumed the management and editorship of the Solon Economist. She manifested a special interest in making the paper a success and assisted a large part of the time in the office collecting news and did practically all the reporting. She was a young woman of splendid ability as a musician and soon became also an accomplished writer. She was gifted from girlhood with a friendly disposition which enabled her to readily make and keep friends and in the different communities in which she and Mr. Lewis have made their home she was held in the highest esteem by a wide circle of friends. She assisted with the music and other work in the Methodist church of Solon and her influence for good was highly commended by the pastor of the Solon church.

She is survived by her husband and two sons, Robert, 11 and Ronald 9 and by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Roberts and one sister, Mrs. Glen Edwards, of this community and one brother, Louis J. Roberts, of Borger, Texas.

The body was brought to this city Tuesday morning from Solon where a short service was held that morning and services were held at two o'clock at the Methodist church conducted by the Rev. W. A. Sampof this city and the Rev. E. G. Hunt, pastor of the Methodist church of Solon, who paid a touching tribute to her interest and helpfulness in the church and community life.

Mrs. Wm. Pine of Cone, sang, "In The Garden" as a solo and E. E. Green, editor of the Lone Tree Reporter, sang "The Old Rugged Cross". Both were accompanied by Mrs. Samp.

The flowers were unusually beautiful and profuse and were in charge of Mrs. Floyd Dean and Miss Lola Lewis.

The pallbearers were: Paul Smith, Norval Kelly, Wm. Pine, Ralph Marshall, Floyd Dean, and D. R. Marshall.

Burial at Columbus City.

Among those from a distance were Louis J. Roberts, Borger, Texas; b, Chicago, Illinois; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hampton, of Des Moines; Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schmidt, Mrs. Mabel Fullerton and Clifford Ross of Iowa City; Mr. and Mrs. Orville Thomas, S. D. Ross and Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Wagenknecht, Ainsworth; Rev. E. G. Hunt, Eddie Jebousek, Mr. Griffith, Earl Lewis and sons, Robert and Ronald of Solon, Iowa; Mrs. G. F. Griebel, Mr. Green and others from Lone Tree; Mr. and Mrs. Pine and Glenn Jarrard of Conesville.