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Oscar Yale LEWIS, Sr. 

Yale was born March 4, 1911, in Tuskegee, Alabama, to
Eva Sage and Oscar Scott Lewis. The family moved to
Dothan, Alabama, in 1918. Yale attended Castle Heights
Military Academy in Lebanon, Tennessee, and Marion
Military Institute in Marion, Alabama. He later
attended Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, where he
was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity and was
commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Field
Artillery Army Reserve. In April 1936, he married
Marion Alice Lanier, who died in childbirth. In July
1939, he married Kathryn Beaman Barrs of Jacksonville,
Florida with whom he had two sons. Yale served in the
Army in the European Theater of Operation in World War
II, including the invasion of Normandy, Bastogne and
continued operations to the end of the war at Lintz,
Austria. During this time, he received five Bronze
Campaign Stars and the Bronze Star Medal. He was
discharged to the Army Reserve as a Lieutenant
Colonel. In his professional career, Yale served in
managerial positions in several textile companies,
including one in Canada. He retired in January 1976.
After retirement, he and his wife, Kathryn lived in
Winslow, Bainbridge Island, Washington. Kathryn died
on November 10, 1994. During a large part of his life,
Yale served in the Episcopal Church as Lay Reader/Lay
Minister and in other lay capacities. Both Yale and
Kathryn were active in St. Barnabas Church in
Bainbridge Island, Washington. Yale died on October
12, 2006. He is survived by his sons, Oscar Yale
Lewis, Jr., of Seattle, Washington, and Barrs Sage
Lewis of Minneapolis, Minnesota; grandchildren, Oscar
Yale Lewis, III, Daphne Renee Lewis, Douglas Jefferson
Lewis, Charles Hendricks Lewis, Sarah Elizabeth Lewis,
Hannah Kathryn Lewis and Barrs Sage Lewis; and great
grandchildren, Ava Renee Lewis and Hannah Rose Lewis.
Friends and family are invited to attend a Memorial
Service on Saturday, October 28, 2006, at 3:00 p.m. at
St. Barnabas Church, Bainbridge Island Washington,
with reception to follow. 

Published in print on 10/24/2006. 
Seattle Times



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