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Name: Mrs. Charles Lewis
Gender: Female
Death Age: 96
Birth Date: 28 Feb 1921
Birth Place: Marlow, Oklahoma
Marriage Date: 10 Aug 1937
Marriage Place: Oklahoma
Residence Place: Marlow
Death Date: 3 Mar 2017
Death Place: Madera, CA
Burial Place: Madera, CA
Parents: Nona Rowell; Hubert Rowell
Spouse:
Charles Dueard C.D. Lewis
Child:
Judy Unti
Shirley Kay Clements
Dick Unti
Charley D. Lewis
Gloria Diane Eschenbaum
Lorene Belle Rowell Lewis
Birth 28 Feb 1921
Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 3 Mar 2017 (aged 96)
Madera, Madera County, California, USA
Burial
Arbor Vitae Cemetery
Madera, Madera County, California, USA
Memorial ID 177064683
Lorene Belle Lewis, age 96, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 3, 2017, in Madera, CA. Lorene was born on February 28, 1921, in Marlow, Oklahoma. While living in Marlow, she met the love of her life and husband of 64 years, Charles Dueard “C.D.” Lewis. The couples were married on August 10, 1937, in Oklahoma and spent the following 15 years raising a family of three children there. In 1952, Charles and Lorene moved the family to Madera, California where they spent the remainder of their lives surrounded by family and friends.
Lorene owned and operated “Yosemite Restaurant” for several years. She also worked at the “Snow White Bakery” before becoming the manager of the local “Sears” store where she remained until her retirement in 1986.
Lorene was an avid gardener; she and C.D. lived on a pasture farm they’d built together in Madera for decades, where Lorene designed extensive and brilliant garden spaces filled with beautiful flowers and trees of all kinds. She was also an active member of Fourth Street Church of God (Madera) and an informal prayer group for many years.
Lorene is preceded in death by her parents, Nona and Hubert Rowell of Oklahoma, loving husband, C.D. Lewis of Madera, and her children, Gloria Diane Eschenbaum of Seattle, Washington and Dick Unti of Ben Lomand, CA.
She is survived by her children, Shirley Kay Clements of Madera, Charley D. Lewis and his wife, Janet of Mansville, Arkansas, and Judy Unti of Ben Lomand, CA. Lorene also leaves behind ten grandchildren, twenty-two great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren, all of whom loved “Granny Belle” dearly.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, from 2:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. at Jay Chapel, Madera, CA
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, March 9, 2017, 11:00 A.M. at Jay Chapel.
Interment to follow at: Arbor Vitae Cemetery, Madera, CA.
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1921 - 2017 (96 years)
