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| 6. | Rex Owen LEWIS was born on 15 Dec 1924 in near Oxford, NE (son of Leslie Owen (Skeet) LEWIS and Effie Lillian DEATS); died on 8 Sep 2011 in Fresno, CA. 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.
Rex married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 12. | Leslie Owen (Skeet) LEWIS was born on 31 Dec 1896 in Gosper Co., NE (son of Thomas Jefferson LEWIS and Carrie WINTERMUTE); died on 26 Feb 1969 in Oakland, CA; was buried in Memory Gardens, Concord, CA. Notes:
Rex has his father Leslie's gold pocket watch. It was a wedding gift from Grandma Carrie. She probably bought it used. The marriage was in 1917.
It winds both by the stem and by a key. The old watches used a key and the stem winders had just come out. Evidently the maker didn't trust the stem to be reliable, so they used both methods.
Leslie was in and out of the home or Effie would throw him out. One time Leslie decided that he wanted his watch, but he couldn't find it. He normally kept it in the foyer in a drawer. Rex had taken it because he was afraid that his father would sell the watch and Rex wanted it handed down in the family. Rex didn't tell his Dad that he knew where the watch was ? sin of omission.
From:
The Oxford Standard
November 19, 1925
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Lewis delightfully entertained last evening at radio and bridge. Mr. and Mrs. G.J. Hancock and the Richmonds being their guests. Mrs. Lewis served a most appetizing midnight lunch.
Leslie married Effie Lillian DEATS on 21 Jan 1917 in Oxford, NE, and was divorced in 1941. Effie (daughter of Henry Clay DEATS and Sarah Lillian (Lillie) YOUNGER) was born on 8 Dec 1899 in Deatsville, KY; died on 3 May 1978 in Martinez, CA; was buried in Parkview Memorial, Detroit, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 13. | Effie Lillian DEATS was born on 8 Dec 1899 in Deatsville, KY (daughter of Henry Clay DEATS and Sarah Lillian (Lillie) YOUNGER); died on 3 May 1978 in Martinez, CA; was buried in Parkview Memorial, Detroit, Michigan. Children:
- Leslie Deats (Jack) LEWIS was born on 13 Mar 1917 in near Oxford, NE, Furnas county; died on 26 Mar 2011 in Concord, California; was buried in Memory Gardens, Concord, California .
- Beatrice Elaine LEWIS was born on 21 Aug 1918 in near Oxford, NE; Furnas County; died on 9 Sep 1989 in Martinez, CA; was buried in Memory Gardens, Concord,CA.
- 6. Rex Owen LEWIS was born on 15 Dec 1924 in near Oxford, NE; died on 8 Sep 2011 in Fresno, CA.
- Gayle Rodger LEWIS was born on 4 Feb 1927 in Oxford, NE; died on 05 Jun 2004 in Washington, Macomb County, Michigan.
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| 14. | Asa Allen WOLFE was born on 11 Aug 1889 in Wellfleet, NE (son of Silas Charles WOLFE and Sarah Catherine PUCKETT); died in Sep 1983 in Billings, MT. Notes:
From - WHO's WHO IN NEBRASKA, 1940 : Published by the Nebraska Press Association, Lincoln, NE
WOLFE, ASA A: County Superintendent of Schools; b Wellfleet, Neb Aug 11, 1889; s of Silas C Wolfe-Sarah C Puckett; ed Indianola HS; Doane Coll; PSTC; U of Ia, 23-24; U of Besancon France; BDI, BA, MA: Phi Delta Kappa; m Alice Mae Thomas
Aug 28, 1917 Indianola; s John Allen, Charles Robert; d Mildred Louise, Marjorie Kate, Ina Mae; 1912 tchr, Keith Co; 1913 supt of Cowles schs; 1916-17, 1919-23 supt Riverton Ia schs; 1924-27 supt Greene Iowa schs; 1927-82 supt Kanawha Ia schs;
1932-34 farmed new Indianola; May 22, 1934 apptd supt Redwillow Co schs; Nov 1934- Redwillow Co supt by election; 1917 during World War in Co C 355th in batt sgt major, disch 1919; C of C; Kiwanis; NSTA; Neb St Co Supts Assn; AF&AM; Congl Ch;
Dem; off Courthouse; res 411 East 2nd, McCook.
Uncle John Wolfe remembers, " The nighe that brother Charlie died three times. His heart would speed up to a tremendous rate the heart and breathing stop. He had measles and whooping cough at the same time. He was one year old. Dad would just
not let him go. He put him in hot water, pummeled and spanked him and the heart would start again. The doctor would not come to see him, saying Dad was doing everything possible. He would not let Mother in the room. I kept the water hot. After
the third ressurection he told me to go to bed, that the crisis was past.
Asa married Alice Mae THOMAS on 30 Aug 1917 in Rev. Charles Gearheart, Congregational parsonage. Alice (daughter of Robert Hanson THOMAS and Kate DUNNING) was born on 6 Dec 1890 in Indianola, NE; died on 9 May 1975 in Billings, MT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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