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Robert Edward "Bob" Lewis
Dec 25, 1927 - May 18, 2017
Posted by: Ann Weber
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BARTLESVILLE
EXAMINER-ENTERPRISE
BARTLESVILLE, WASHINGTON CO, OK
(permission granted)
He was born on December 25, 1927 in Ranger, Texas, the son of Fred C. and Lorine Meharg Lewis. He was educated in the Waxahachie public schools, Texas A&M College and North Texas State College where he received a B.A. degree in Economics in 1949.
He enlisted in the US Army
in 1946 and served in the occupation of Korea until
1948. In 1952, he was employed by Phillips Petroleum
Company and held various employee relations and
administrative management positions in Borger and
Orange, Texas, Charlotte, NC, Greenville, SC and
Bartlesville, OK, until his retirement in 1985.
Robert and the former Kittie Bess Maylen were married in
Bartlesville on November 10, 1952. Following her death
in 2002, he returned to Waxahachie where he and the
former Gretchen Clift Sammons were married on January 4,
2003. He was a member of the Lions club in Borger,
Orange and Charlotte, and past president of the
Bartlesville Downtown Lions Club. He had been a member
of the Waxahachie Lodge No. 90 AF & AM since 1951. After
returning to Waxahachie, he became a member of the
Central Presbyterian Church, the Baylor Medical Center
Auxiliary for 8 years and an Ellis County Museum
volunteer. He served on the boards of the WISD Education
Foundation, the Ellis County Museum and the Waxahachie
Foundation. He was an avid reader and enjoyed traveling,
woodworking, playing bridge and co-hosting monthly First
Friday luncheons for WHS Class of 1945's members,
spouses and friends.
In addition to his widow, Gretchen Lewis, Robert is
survived by his daughters, Kelly and son in-law Bruce
Monson of Waxahachie and Holly and son in-law Buck Davis
of Sand Springs, OK; granddaughters, Page and Charlie
Caggiano of Niceville, FL and Caitlin and Brian Doucet
of Pflugerville, TX; grandson, Schuyler (Sky) Cunningham
of Stillwater, OK; great grandchildren, Tayloe, Vincent
and Caroline Caggiano of Niceville, FL and James Doucet
of Pflugerville, TX; sister, Catherine and brother
in-law Charles Lyon of Waxahachie, TX; and several
nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held from 6-8 pm on Friday, May 26,
2017 at Wayne Boze Funeral Home located at 1826 W. Hwy
287 Business in Waxahachie.
A memorial service will be
held at 2 pm on Saturday, May 27, 2017 at Central
Presbyterian Church. Graveside services will be held on
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 2 pm at the Memorial Park
Cemetery in Bartlesville, OK.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to
the Waxahachie Foundation, American
Alzheimer's Association
or a
charity of your choice
.
Wayne Boze Funeral Home in Waxahachie is in charge of
the arrangements.
Published in Examiner-Enterprise from May 28 to
June 27, 2017
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