Edith Lilly Wise Lewis, 91, daughter of Alvin Almis and Mary Louise Burton Wise, was born Nov. 13, 1916, on the family farm south of Squires. She died March 31, 2008, at the Kabul Nursing Home at Cabool.
She received her elementary education at Frye School, a one-room building south of Squires. She received a school day remembrance book Jan. 29. 1932, from her seventh grade teacher for promptness and regular attendance.
She married Othol Edward Lewis of Cabool March 27, 1937. They had three children. Mr. Lewis had a son from a previous marriage.
The early years of their marriage were in San Francisco, Calif., where Mr. Lewis worked in the steel mills. In 1946, they purchased a farm a mile west of Cabool, naming it Sunny Brook Farm.
Mrs. Lewis loved to work in her flower gardens and had more than 200 varieties of iris. She liked to give starts of plants to family and friends. She loved to sew and in the winter made quilts and crocheted doilies, tablecloths and bedspreads.
She liked to play cards with her brothers and sisters when they visited. In 1972, she had recipes published in the “Missouri Sampler,” a cookbook composed of recipes from throughout the state.
Mrs. Lewis became a member of the First United Methodist Church in Cabool March 29, 1964.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; four sisters, Leith “Lee” Price, Bernice Minder, Elvia Robertson and Lee DeGase; two brothers, Verble Wise and Boyd Wise.
Surviving are two sons, Ron Lewis of Belle, Jerry Lewis of Cabool and John Lewis of West Plains; stepson, Edward Lewis of Marysville, Calif.; 11 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services were April 4 at the Elliott-Gentry-Carder Funeral Home Chapel in Cabool with the Rev. Art Ellsworth officiating. Burial was in the Cabool Cemetery.
