January 18, 1910 - February 23, 2002
Age: 92
Westport, Indiana
Date of Death: Saturday,
February 23, 2002 at 4:30 p.m.
Place of Death: Decatur
County Memorial Hospital at Greensburg
Place of Birth: Adams,
Indiana
Date of Funeral: Tuesday,
February 26, 2002 at 10:00 a.m.
Visitation: Monday
from 4:00 until 8:00 p.m with an Eastern Star Memorial service conducted at 7:00
p.m.
Place of Burial: Hebron
Cemetery at Adams
Officiating:
Rev.
Tom Long
Parents: Henry and Maggie (Hoffman) Towler
History:
Residential:
She was raised in Oklahoma. She moved back to Decatur County
near Burney. She has lived in the
Westport area since 1942.
Education:
Graduated from the Burney High School in 1928
Occupation:
She worked as a cook at the Southeastern Indiana Baptist Youth Camp for over 25
years.
Memberships:
Sardinia Baptist Church and where she had served as Deaconess
Past Worthy Matron of the Alert Order of Eastern Star # 520
Member of the North Vernon Order of the Eastern Star # 183
Jackson Township Extension Homemakers Club
Wednesday Study Club
Active member of the Decatur County and Jackson Township Farm Bureaus
Married
to:
Robert Arthur Lewis
Date: September 17,
1927
Place: Aurora, Indiana
He preceded her in death on November 20, 1990
SURVIVORS:
2
Sons
- Harold W. Lewis - Taylors, South Carolina
Howard K. Lewis - Columbus, Indiana
1
Daughter
- Mrs. William (Patti) Voelz - Columbus, Indiana
11
Grandchildren
7
Step Grandchildren
21
Great Grandchildren
19
Step Great Grandchildren
4
Great Great Grandchildren
Several
Nieces & Nephews
Preceded in death by: Her Parents
Her Husband
1 Brother - Henry Towler
2 Sisters - Clara Surface
Mary Flavell
2 Half-Sisters - Ethel Procter
Mabel Bridgeford
2 Half-Brother - Fred Robbins
Albert Robbins
1 Grandson
Memorial
contributions may be made to the Sardinia Baptist Church, the International
Missions
SBC or to the donors choice through the Bass & Gasper Funeral Home