Harry Richard Lewis Jr., 91, died peacefully in his sleep during an afternoon nap Sunday, June 26, 2022 at Liberty Village in Maryville, Illinois.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri Jan. 10, 1931 to Harry Richard Sr. and Alice Gertrude (Rhodes) Lewis, Harry was raised in Edwardsville, Ill.
During his early career he worked for the Woolworth Co. in the St. Louis area. He was transferred by the company to Corpus Christi, Texas to manage a store there in the early 1950s. It was there he studied business management at the University of Texas.
He returned to Edwardsville, managing two Woolworth stores before changing career directions in the early 1960s. He left to pursue contracting and real estate, eventually starting this own company, Lewis Realty. In the '50s and '60s he joined a few other area musicians to form the Harry Lewis Orchestra. The band played in the bandstand at Edwardsville's City Park, the Edwardsville Moose and other area locations.
In the early 1980s, Harry moved to Alaska where he continued his real estate career. While living in Alaska, he enjoyed the outdoors as an avid hunter, fisherman and hiker. He returned to Edwardsville in the late 1990s upon his retirement to spend time with family.
A graveside service led by Brother Henry Martin of Maryville Baptist Church will take place at 10 am Thursday, July 7, at St. Paul United Church of Christ Cemetery, 3277 Bluff Road in Edwardsville. Memorials and flower arrangements can be sent through Saksa Mateer Funeral Home of Edwardsville.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri Jan. 10, 1931 to Harry Richard Sr. and Alice Gertrude (Rhodes) Lewis, Harry was raised in Edwardsville, Ill.
During his early career he worked for the Woolworth Co. in the St. Louis area. He was transferred by the company to Corpus Christi, Texas to manage a store there in the early 1950s. It was there he studied business management at the University of Texas.
He returned to Edwardsville, managing two Woolworth stores before changing career directions in the early 1960s. He left to pursue contracting and real estate, eventually starting this own company, Lewis Realty. In the '50s and '60s he joined a few other area musicians to form the Harry Lewis Orchestra. The band played in the bandstand at Edwardsville's City Park, the Edwardsville Moose and other area locations.
In the early 1980s, Harry moved to Alaska where he continued his real estate career. While living in Alaska, he enjoyed the outdoors as an avid hunter, fisherman and hiker. He returned to Edwardsville in the late 1990s upon his retirement to spend time with family.
A graveside service led by Brother Henry Martin of Maryville Baptist Church will take place at 10 am Thursday, July 7, at St. Paul United Church of Christ Cemetery, 3277 Bluff Road in Edwardsville. Memorials and flower arrangements can be sent through Saksa Mateer Funeral Home of Edwardsville.
Harry Richard Lewis Jr., 91, died peacefully in his sleep during an afternoon nap Sunday, June 26, 2022 at Liberty Village in Maryville, Illinois.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri Jan. 10, 1931 to Harry Richard Sr. and Alice Gertrude (Rhodes) Lewis, Harry was raised in Edwardsville, Ill.
During his early career he worked for the Woolworth Co. in the St. Louis area. He was transferred by the company to Corpus Christi, Texas to manage a store there in the early 1950s. It was there he studied business management at the University of Texas.
He returned to Edwardsville, managing two Woolworth stores before changing career directions in the early 1960s. He left to pursue contracting and real estate, eventually starting this own company, Lewis Realty. In the '50s and '60s he joined a few other area musicians to form the Harry Lewis Orchestra. The band played in the bandstand at Edwardsville's City Park, the Edwardsville Moose and other area locations.
In the early 1980s, Harry moved to Alaska where he continued his real estate career. While living in Alaska, he enjoyed the outdoors as an avid hunter, fisherman and hiker. He returned to Edwardsville in the late 1990s upon his retirement to spend time with family.
A graveside service led by Brother Henry Martin of Maryville Baptist Church will take place at 10 am Thursday, July 7, at St. Paul United Church of Christ Cemetery, 3277 Bluff Road in Edwardsville. Memorials and flower arrangements can be sent through Saksa Mateer Funeral Home of Edwardsville.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri Jan. 10, 1931 to Harry Richard Sr. and Alice Gertrude (Rhodes) Lewis, Harry was raised in Edwardsville, Ill.
During his early career he worked for the Woolworth Co. in the St. Louis area. He was transferred by the company to Corpus Christi, Texas to manage a store there in the early 1950s. It was there he studied business management at the University of Texas.
He returned to Edwardsville, managing two Woolworth stores before changing career directions in the early 1960s. He left to pursue contracting and real estate, eventually starting this own company, Lewis Realty. In the '50s and '60s he joined a few other area musicians to form the Harry Lewis Orchestra. The band played in the bandstand at Edwardsville's City Park, the Edwardsville Moose and other area locations.
In the early 1980s, Harry moved to Alaska where he continued his real estate career. While living in Alaska, he enjoyed the outdoors as an avid hunter, fisherman and hiker. He returned to Edwardsville in the late 1990s upon his retirement to spend time with family.
A graveside service led by Brother Henry Martin of Maryville Baptist Church will take place at 10 am Thursday, July 7, at St. Paul United Church of Christ Cemetery, 3277 Bluff Road in Edwardsville. Memorials and flower arrangements can be sent through Saksa Mateer Funeral Home of Edwardsville.
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