JOAN LEWIS PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ON OCTOBER 3, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 74 YEARS.
JOAN WAS BORN NOVEMBER 25, 1917 AT CRAWLEY DOWN SUSSEX, ENGLAND WHERE SHE MET AND MARRIED MILTON LEWIS ON JUNE 2, 1943. SHE CAME TO CANADA AS A WAR BRIDE IN 1946. THEY FIRST SETTLED IN PICTURE BUTTE THEN MOVED TO TRAVERS IN THE SPRING OF I1947 AND IN 1962 CAME TO VULCAN WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
JOAN LOVED HER FAMILY, ESPECIALLY HER GRANDCHILDREN AND CHILDREN. SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR THEM, AND WAS CONCERNED OF THEIR WELL-BEING, EVEN WHILE SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. SHE ENJOYED BABY SITTING, KNITTING, BINGO, A GOOD GAME OF RUMMY, GARDENING (BOTH FLOWERS AND VEGETABLES) AND MAKING UP PRESERVES.
BELOVED WIFE OF MR. MILTON LEWIS OF VULCAN AND LOVING MOTHER OF THREE DAUGHTERS – SHEILA (EDDIE) NOLTE OF VULCAN, ANNE (HARRY) GWINNER OF RED DEER AND OLIVE (BUTCH) GORZITZA OF BARONS, TWO SONS – STANLEY AND HIS WIFE CARMEL OF MILO AND PAT OF VULCAN, NINE GRANDCHILDREN, TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TWO BROTHERS DON (JOAN) WADDINGTON AND FRANK WADDINGTON, BOTH IN ENGLAND, A BROTHER-IN-LAW LESLIE (MAY) LEWIS, A S1STER-IN-LAW BLANCHE LAFFERTEY, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
JOAN WAS PREDECEASED BY AN INFANT SON SPENCER IN 1946, HER FATHER MALCOLM, MOTHER BERTHA WADDINGTON, THREE BROTHERS LESLEY, ALBERT AND MALCOLM.
FUNERAL SERVICE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1992 AT 2:00 P.M. AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH FRANK JOHNSON L.M. OFFICIATING. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS TO THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL (DONATION ACCOUNT) BOX 299, VULCAN T0L 2B0 WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
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