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    Rex Owen LEWIS

    Male 1924 - 2011  (86 years)


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    • Name Rex Owen LEWIS 
      Born 15 Dec 1924  near Oxford, NE Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Died 8 Sep 2011  Fresno, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • Rex Owen Lewis passed away September 8, 2011. He was born on December 15, 1924 on his grandparents' farm just outside Oxford Nebraska, to Leslie and Effie (Deats) Lewis, Rex was the third of four children. After WWII, Rex received his B.A. from the Univ. of Nebraska at Lincoln. He moved to California and received his Masters degrees from USC.
        Rex moved to Visalia in 1960 and spent the next three decades teaching in the Business Education department of the College of the Sequoias.
        He is survived by his son, Tom (Florence) Lewis of Martinez, CA, daughters Arleen (Will) Halvorson of Alachua, Florida, Deanna (Michael) Mast of Merced, Rebecca (Rick Maykoski) Lewis of Bakersfield, Barbara(Erik Olson) Lewis of Eureka, Carrie Lewis of Visalia, step-daughter Ronalie (Derek Wall) Buenafe of Visalia and numerous grand and great grandchildren.
        There will be a memorial service and luncheon on Wed., September 14 at noon in the social hall of the Landmark Missionary Baptist Church.
      • In WWII his rank was EM3c, or Electrician's Mate 3rd class. He was a teletype operator on Saipan.
      Person ID I13  Maykoski and Lewis
      Last Modified 6 Jul 2021 

      Father Leslie Owen (Skeet) LEWIS,   b. 31 Dec 1896, Gosper Co., NE Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1969, Oakland, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
      Mother Effie Lillian DEATS,   b. 8 Dec 1899, Deatsville, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1978, Martinez, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
      Married 21 Jan 1917  Oxford, NE Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Divorced 1941 
      Family ID F84  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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      Family ID F11  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart