LEWIS, Edith Loraine - b. August 11, 1936 - d. June 24, 2008

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Edith Loraine Lewis 71, of Sedan, Kansas and formerly of Moline, Kansas, died June 24, 2008 at Pleasant Valley Manor in Sedan.  Mrs. Lewis was born on August 11, 1936 in Belleville, Kansas to Henry and Rosianna (Printz) Kasl.  She attended rural school and completed her education at Belleville.  

She and Donnie LaVerne Reeves married at an eary age, and to this union were born three children, Ricky, Cindy, and Kathy.  She later married Willard Hoyt, and to this marriage was born a daughter, Sherry.

Mrs. Lewis was a devoted homemaker and mother and worked many years as a licensed insurance agent.  She was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Elk Falls, Kansas.

She was preceded in death by two daughters, Cindy Fishback and Sherry Hoyt.  She is survived by her son, Rick Reeves of Moline, Kansas; her daughter Kathy Foust of Galena, Missouri; a brother, Ray; a sister, Alice Marie; and ten grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 28, 2008 at the Reed Cemetery near Halfway, Missouri with
Ryan Shackelford speaking at the service.  A memorial has been established with Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice of Wichita, Kansas.  Contributions may be left with Zimmerman Funeral Home of Howard, Kansas.

(published in the Winfield Daily Courier, June 27, 2008)