Susie Lucille Lewis, 86, of La Grande, and a former Union and Imnaha resident, died April 6, 2002, at a local care facility.
Her funeral will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at Bollman Funeral Home, 315 W. Main St. in Enterprise. Interment will follow at the Enterprise Cemetery. Visitations will be Thursday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Lewis was born Jan. 13, 1916, at North Powder to Frank and Olive Adeline Davis Pearson. She attended elementary and high schools in North Powder. Her family were pioneers of North Powder.
She married Manuel Leslie Wisdom, and after his death in 1937 in a logging accident she married Garrett Samuel Lovell on Oct. 3, 1937. He died in 1975. She married Chet Lewis on July 6, 1979, in Joseph. He died in 1996.
Mrs. Lewis is survived by her children, Skip Lovell of Toledo, Kyle Lovell of Prairie City, Marvin Lovell of Joseph and Edna Perrin of Union; grandchildren, Gary Ray, Jackie Marie, Samuel Garrett, Rhonda Sue, Tammy Kay, Douglas Kyle and Timothy Greg; numerous great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; her sisters, Grace Viola Rowett of North Powder, Barbara Jean Baker of Baker City, and Phyllis Nadine Fettig of North Powder; a brother and sister-in-law, Henry Davis, Pete and Edna L. Pearson of Baker City; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by four brothers, Elmer Vernal, Emery Frank, Calvin Lavern and Alvin Pearson; and by five sisters, Ruby Arletta Butler, Dorothy Marie Tiffany, Peggy Ann Spence, Lois Larose Campbell and Alta Mae Coates.
Contributions in Mrs. Lewis memory may be made to a favorite charity in care of Bollman Funeral Home.
Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, April 12, 2002
Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor
