Lewis, Donald J.
1932 - 2022
Country resident, passed away on Tuesday,
January 11, 2022. He was born on February 26, 1932, in Hubbell, Michigan to W.
Allen and Bertha Lewis. He attended the local schools and graduated from Lake
Linden-hubbell High School with the class of 1950.
Following high school, Don served in the Korean war as a Navy radarman stationed at Subic Bay Naval
Base in the Philippines. In 1959 he obtained his bachelor’s degree in Accounting and worked as a corporate controller for much of his career in accounting. On
August 16, 1958, at Holy
Rosary Catholic Church he was joined to Barbara C.
Lewis in the Sacrament of
Holy Matrimony. Don and
Barb enjoyed 63 wonderfully blessed years of marriage together and were examples of generosity and prayerfulness to their family and those around them. His Catholic faith meant everything to Don.
He shared it with Barb as a gift to one another, and to all who knew and loved him. He especially had a passion for the Latin Mass serving as an altar server in his youth and Master of Ceremonies in his later years. When Don wasn’t working or serving his family, you would find him serving the Church as a 4th
Degree Knight of Columbus or wherever needed. Don loved to travel, see places of religious and historical significance and meet people on those journeys.
He shared many stories of traveling throughout the
US, especially the times he and Barb adventured in their RVS. Don is preceded in death by his parents W.
Allen and Bertha Lewis.
He is survived by his three children, Allen (Kristin)
Lewis of Westerville, Ohio,
Lisa (Dianna) Lewis of Sausalito,
California, Stephanie
Cahill of Columbus, Ohio; 6 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. A livestreamed funeral Mass will be held at St. Francis de
Sales in Newark, Ohio on
January 21, 2022 at 10am with Fr. David Sizemore, assisted by Deacon Eric
Wright. The wake will take place on Thursday, January 20, 2022 from 5-7pm at Schoedinger Funeral
Home located at 1051 E
Johnstown Rd, Gahanna,
OH 43230. For all inquiring about donations, the Lewis family asks that they be made in Don’s name to St
Vincent De Paul at https:www.stvincentdepaul.net/