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Beatrice Elaine (Bea) Lewis was born on 21 August 1918 in Oxford, Harlan, Nebraska.¹ She and Frederick (Fred) Amos Walker were married in Reno, Washoe, Nevada. She died on 9 September 1989, at age 71, in Martinez, Contra Costa, California.¹ She was buried in Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Concord, Contra Costa, California.^2,1

Rex Owen Lewis was born on 15 December 1924 in Near Oxford, Furnas, Nebraska. He died on 8 September 2011, at age 86.¹

Rex Owen Lewis passed away Septembe 8, 2011. He was born on December 15, 1924 on his grandparents' farm just outside Oxford Nebraska, to Leslie and Effie (Deats) Lewis, Rex was the third of four children. After WWll, Rex received his B.A. from the Univ. of Nebraska at Lincoln. He moved to California and received his Masters degrees from USC. Rex moved to Visalia in 1960 and spent the next three decades teaching in the Business Education department of the College of the Sequoias. He is survived by his son, Tom (Florence) Lewis of Martinez, CA, daughters Arleen (WIll) Halvorson of Alachua, Florida, Deanna (Michael) Mast of Merced, Rebecca (Rick Maykoski) Lewis of Bakersfield, Barbara Lewis of Eureka, Carrie Lewis of Visalia, step-daughter Ronalie Buenafe of Visalia and numerous grand and great grandchildren. There will be a memorial service and luncheon on Wed., September 14 at noon in the social hall of the First Landmark Missionary Baptist Church, 641 N. Chinowth St., Visalia.² Rex Owen Lewis was educated in Unversity of Southern California in 1959 M.S.- Business Education.²

Carol Jean Wintermute was born on 21 October 1927 in Friend, Nebraska. She and Burton W Henry were married on 24 October 1948 in Hastings, Adams, Nebraska. She died on 1 July 1986, at age 58, in Rantoul, Illinois. She was buried in Andrews Cemetery, Friend, Saline, Nebraska.¹

Burton W Henry was born on 31 January 1930 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska.¹ He and Carol Jean Wintermute were married on 24 October 1948 in Hastings, Adams, Nebraska. He died on 10 July 1982, at age 52, in Harlan County Reservoir, Nebraska. He was buried in Andrews Cemetery, Friend, Saline, Nebraska.²

Robert Range Wintermute was born on 25 July 1959. He died on 19 September 1986, at age 27, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona.