Crystal Dean Potter Lewis was Birda's sister-in-law.
She married Birda's brother, Charles.
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| Photo from the personal albums of Patty Stewart Cropped from a larger photo |
According to these documents the following dates apply:
BIRTH: 9 Jun 1892- Snyderville, Summit, Utah
DEATH: 25 Mar 1978- Roosevelt, Duchesne, Utah
She was 84 years old when she died.
Obituary:
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| SOURCE: SL Tribune 1978, Mar 28, p.C6 |
Obituary transcribed:
Crystal Dean Lewis
VERNAL- Crystal Dean Lewis, 84, died March 25, 1978, in a Roosevelt nursing home.
Born June 9, 1892, Snyderville, Utah, to Wallace Edwin and Harriet Susan Kempton Potter. Married Charles P. Lewis Oct 30, 1912, Vernal. Marriage later solemnized in the Salt Lake City Temple. Uintah County school teacher for 15 years. Librarian. Charter member, Camp Vernal DUP. Member National Historical Society, National Wildlife Federation.
Survivors: husband, Vernal; son and daughters, Mrs. R.D. (Lenore) Nielson, Mrs. Max (Patricia) Stewart, both Vernal; Retired Lt. Col. Charles Howard Lewis, Hansville, Wash; 10 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. Amelia (Millie) Briggs, Redding, Calif; Mrs. Ruby Valantine, San Francisco, Calif.
Funeral Wednesday 11 a.m. in the Vernal 3rd Ward chapel. Friends may call at the Vernal Mortuary Tuesday 7-9 p.m. and Wednesday 10-10:45 a.m. Burial in the Maeser Cemetery.
*Punctuation added wherein it was deemed necessary.
Local obituary:
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| SOURCE: Vernal Express 1978, Mar 30, p.15 |
Services honor Crystal Lewis
Funeral services for Crystal Dean Potter Lewis, 84, 262 South 2nd West, Vernal, were held March 29 in the Vernal LDS Third Ward Chapel. Mrs. Lewis died at Stewart's Convalescent Villa in Roosevelt on March 25, 1978.
Bishop Brian O'Niel conducted. Family prayer was given by Leo Hacking; prelude and postlude music, Ruth Walker; duet, "Whispering Hope" Marva Lent and Lois Erickson, accompanied by Mrs. Walker; invocation, Todd Johnson; remarks by Bishop O'Neil; speaker, William (Bill) H. Lewis; solo, Marva Lent, "Songs My Mother Taught Me", accompanied by Mrs. Walker; speaker, Edgar Jones; trio, "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen" Mrs. Lent, Mrs. Erickson and Don Walker, accompanied by Mrs. Walker; benediction was by Leslie Thacker. Don Pearce dedicated the grave.
Burial was in Maeser Cemetery as directed by Thomson Vernal Mortuary. Vernal Third Ward Relief Society were in charge of luncheon and flowers.
Pallbearers were Preston Stewart, Todd and Jeff Johnson, Kenneth, Royal and Ray Allen. Honorary pallbearers were Camp Vernal DUP and the Utopia Club.
Mrs. Lewis was born June 9, 1892 in Snyderville, Utah to Wallace Edwin and Harriet Susan Kempton Potter. She married Charles P. Lewis October 30, 1912 in Vernal. The marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
She was a teacher in Uintah County schools for 15 years and a librarian. As a member of the Vernal Third LDS Ward she served on the Stake Relief Society Board, Stake Sunday School Board, was a teacher in the Sunday School for 35 years and also taught Primary, MIA and Ward Relief Society. A charter member of the DUP, Camp Vernal, Mrs. Lewis had written many pioneer and local histories, and was a member of the National Historical Society and the National Wildlife Federation.
She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mrs. R.D. (Lenore) Nielson, Mrs. Max (Patricia) Stewart, all of Vernal; one son, retired Lt. Col. Charles Howard Lewis of Hansville, Wash.; ten grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Amelia (Millie) Briggs, Redding, California and Mrs. Ruby Valantine of San Francisco, California.
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| Photo from the personal albums of Patty Stewart |