LEWIS, Robert - L-Obituaries

Robert Lewis, 70, South Second St., Cayuga, died at 2:45 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Danville, Ill. He was born, June 26, 1916, in Georgetown, Ill., the son of Pleasant Samuel and Nancy R. Pribble Lewis. He married Mary Elizabeth Spencer in Newport Dec. 11, 1939. She survives. He owned a custom butchering shop in Cayuga for 10 years. He was also a carpenter. His hobbies were gardening and woodworking. Surviving, besides his wife, are a daughter, Judy Youngblood, Columbus; two sons, David Lewis, Covington, and Mike Lewis, Danville; eight grandchildren; five brothers, Loren, Danville; Alva of the Grape Creek community,; Vernon and Charles, both of Georgetown, and Dorral, Denver; a sister, Evelyn Gardner, Ridge Farm, Ill. He was preceded in death by his parents, an infant daughter, Carolyn Sue, a brother, Paul, and a sister, Eleanor. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Houghton-Leasure Funeral Home, Georgetown, Ill., with the rev. father C. B. Motsett officiating. Burial was in Georgetown Cemetery.