HAROLD RUSSELL LEWIS
HAROLD LEWIS OF IMPERIAL, MISSOURI, WAS BORN JUNE 18, 1938, IN POTOSI, MISSOURI, A SON OF EUGENE DEBS AND HAZEL M. (ALLEN) LEWIS. HAROLD DEPARTED THIS LIFE ST. ANTHONY'S MEDICAL CENTER ON JULY 31, 2001, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SIXTY-THREE YEARS ONE MONTH AND THIRTEEN DAYS.
HAROLD WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO LULA BELLE THOMPSON ON JUNE 6, 1956, IN POTOSI, MISSOURI, THEY WERE BLESSED WITH FOUR CHILDREN.
HAROLD IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE, LULA BELLE LEWIS OF IMPERIAL, ONE SON RYAN LEWIS AND WIFE SHERRI OF LEE'S SUMMIT, THREE DAUGHTERS, DEBRA LEWIS OF ARNOLD, DENISE LEWIS OF ARNOLD, SANDRA KLAFFENBACH AND HUSBAND DAVID OF BATTLE GROUND, WASHINGTON, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, DANIELLE KLAFFENBACH, ELIZABETH KLAFFENBACH, SPENCER TRUMP, LAUREN TRUMP AND ETHAN LEWIS, ONE SISTER, BETTY SKAGGS OF POTOSI AND BY MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. HAROLD WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, EUGENE AND HAZEL LEWIS AND ONE BROTHER, HOWARD LEWIS, SR.
HAROLD WAS AN AVID SPORTS FAN, HE COACHED LITTLE LEAGUE DURING HIS YOUNGER YEARS, ENJOYED WATCHING ALL TYPES OF BALL GAMES AND TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN TRAVELING TO WATCH HIS SON PLAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL. HAROLD ENJOYED CAMPING WITH HIS FAMILY AND RESEARCHING AND COLLECTING CLASSIC MINIATURE TRUCKS. HE ENJOYED RELAXING TO READ ANY TYPE OF BOOK. HAROLD GREATLY CHERISHED HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND EACH OF THEM HELD A VERY DEAR PLACE IN HIS HEART.
VISITATION WAS HELD THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2001, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2001, AT 1:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE CHAPEL WITH REVEREND MIKE JARVIS AND ELDER LEONARD COMPTON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN CALEDONIA METHODIST CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, DARRYL SLOAN, HOWARD LEWIS, JR., DAVID KLAFFENBACH, TERRY ST. JOHN, JERRY JENKINS, JESSE JARVIS, LARRY ALLEN AND TIM ALLEN.