ALVINA LEWIS
Memorial services for Alvina Lewis, 92, of
Aurelia, will be Wednesday, October 29, 2008, at 10:30 A.M. at the First
United Methodist Church in Aurelia, with Pastor Missy Brown officiating.
Inurnment will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Aurelia. Visitation
will be at the church one-half hour prior to the service. The Redig
Funeral Home in Aurelia is in charge of arrangements.
Alvina Irene Otten was born September 6,
1916 in Peterson, Iowa, the daughter of Howard and Mary Otten. She
attended and graduated from the Highview School where she was an avid
basketball player. On August 16, 1934, Alvina married James Ray Lewis
at the Congregational Church parsonage in Aurelia. The couple farmed in
the Aurelia area for 44 years until moving into town in 1978. Alvina
also worked as a nurse’s aide at MHI in Cherokee and at Sunset Knoll
Retirement Home in Aurelia for many years. Alvina was a faithful member
of the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia for more than 60 years,
was a member of the Aurelia Dance Group, and the Aurelia 500 Club. She
enjoyed playing cards, cooking, gardening, and she loved her children.
Alvina died Sunday, October 26, 2008 at the
Sunset Knoll Nursing and Rehab Center in Aurelia where she had been a
resident since December 30, 2003.
Preceding Alvina in death were her parents,
her husband James on September 2, 2002, one grandson, Colton Evan Eason,
and three brothers, Alvin (Red), Omer, and Chet Otten.
Survivors are her four children: Mardell
Bumann of Fayetteville, NC, Jerry Lewis of Aurelia, Gary and his wife
Bonnie Lewis of Aurelia, and Vicki and her husband Dean Regennitter of
Aurelia. Also surviving are ten grandchildren, Lynn and her husband Bob
Bean of Fayetteville, NC, Brian and his wife Emily Bumann of Davidson,
NC, Robert Lewis of Aurelia, Michael and his wife Jennifer Lewis of
Osage, Chad and his wife Mindy Lewis of Larrabee, Carolyn and her
husband Kordell Kruse of Aurelia, Kent and his wife Becky Lewis of
Aurelia, Kris Wegner and her fiancé Phil Sargent of Muscatine, IA, Dawn
and her husband Thad Eason of Roca, NE, and Kayla and her husband Derek
Wigand of Correctionville, fifteen great-grandchildren, one
great-great-grandson, and nieces and nephews and other relatives and
friends.
