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World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

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Name: Francis F Lewis
Birth Year: 1919
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Missouri
State of Residence: Missouri
County or City: Cape Girardeau

Enlistment Date: 23 Dec 1940
Enlistment State: Missouri
Enlistment City: Cape Girardeau
Branch: Infantry
Branch Code: Infantry
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Component: National Guard (Officers, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: National Guard

Education: 1 year of college
Civil Occupation: Teachers (secondary school) and principals
Marital status: Single, without dependents
Height: 69
Weight: 133

Died:
June 2, 1988 Francis F. Lewis

CAPE GIRARDEAU — Funeral service for Francis F. Lewis, 1212 Sailer Circle, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Charles Grant will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Graveside rites will be by Louis K. Juden American Legion Post.

Friends may call at Ford and Sons Funeral Home from 4-8 p.m. Friday. Lewis, 69 years old, died Wednesday, June 1, 1988, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

He was born Oct. 31, 1918, at Des Arc, son of Fred and Ethel Miller Lewis. He and the former Melva Rose Schrader were married Oct. 21, 1950, in Cape.

Lewis attended SEMO University three years before being mobilized with the National Guard in 1940. He served in the U.S. Air Force in World War II, flying transport planes from India to China. He received the Air Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, and China War Memorial Medal.

He was discharged in 1946, but remained active in the Air Force Reserve until 1968.

Lewis began his career as a stockbroker in 1949. He was branch manager of Reinhold Gardner from 1958 until becoming manager of Shearson/American Express in January 1979, and was co-manager of A.G. Edwards from 1986 until retiring in March of this year.

Lewis helped organize the Greater Cape Girardeau Development Corp., and had served as vice president and director.

He had also been active in Jaycees, Boy Scouts, United Way, American Legion, Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Rotary Club. He was a former commander of Louis K. Juden American Legion Post, and a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Club.

Lewis was a member of United Way Board of Directors 18 years. He served in various leadership capacities of the Boy Scouts, including district leadership training chairman and Shawnee District chairman. He served on the Board of Directors of Region 8 of Boy Scouts of America.

He was a member of Tower Club, past president of Kimbeland Country Club, past board member of Cape Country Club, member of SEMO Seniors Golf Association, and Hump Pilots Association.

Lewis received the Golden Deeds Award in 1984. He served on Southeast Hospital Board of Trustees 13 years, and was president of the board from 1969-71. He was chairman of the Long Range Planning Committee and Cancer Treatment Center Committee.

He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, served as a deacon and elder, and in other leadership positions.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Benjamin Lewis of Cape; two daughters, Mrs. Carole Iles of Columbia, Mrs. Mary Frances Young of Oakland, Calif.; three brothers, Frank, Freeman and Bill Lewis, all of Cape; two sisters, Mrs. Frieda Howard and Mrs. Leta Bahn of Cape, and a granddaughter, Hannah Lewis of Cape.


Buried:
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Francis married Melva Rose Schrader on 21 Oct 1950 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. Melva (daughter of Benjamin Robert Schrader and Selma Sophia Augusta Meyer) was born on 20 Jul 1923 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; died on 30 Apr 2002 in Prague, , , Czech Republic; was buried in Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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