Siney Lewis Jr was one of Birda's older brothers.
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| From the commemorative history of Siney Jr and Lena Lewis Compiled by granddaughter Carol Harless Obtained through Bryce Merkley albums, May 2012 |
According to these documents the following dates apply:
BIRTH: 6 Jun 1883- Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah
DEATH: 14 Sept 1958- Springville, Utah, Utah
BURIAL: Inglewood Park Cemetery, CA
He was 75 years old when he died.
BURIAL: Inglewood Park Cemetery, CA
He was 75 years old when he died.
Salt Lake Obituary:
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| SOURCE: Salt Lake Tribune 1958, Sept 18, p.32 |
Siney Lewis
SPRINGVILLE, Utah County- Siney Lewis, 75, Inglewood, Calif., died Sunday morning in a Spanish Fork hospital of a heart ailment. He was visiting a son in Springville. Born June 6, 1883, Holladay, to Siney and Elizabeth Coleman Lewis. Vernal resident most of life, moved to California 15 years ago. Married Helena Hoeft. She died 1952. Member, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Survivors: sons, daughters: Charles, Springville; Mrs. Carma Herral, Burley, Idaho; Mrs. Hazel Obert, Mrs. Dan DuRee, Mrs. Enola Kuntz, Mrs. Vick Williams, Mrs. Nellie Rae McDaniels, Mrs. Merle Silvers, William, all California; five sisters, two brothers. Funeral and interment in Inglewood, Calif.
*Punctuation adjusted wherein I saw fit.
California obituary:
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| From the personal albums of Dallas Workman SOURCE: Inglewood Daily News, Sept 1958 |
Inglewood Mormon Church Official Dies on Vacation
Funeral services for Siney Lewis Jr., 74, a high priest in the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints, will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. in the Inglewood Ward Chapel, Warren Lane and Centinela Avenue, Inglewood.
Mr. Lewis, of 559 East 67th Street, Inglewood, died Sunday in Utah, while on his way to Vernal for a family reunion. Born in Holladay, Utah, the deceased, a security officer for the Associated Ice Company, had resided in Inglewood since 1945.
Bishop Ferril Peel, of the Inglewood Ward will officiate. The Inglewood Ward High Priests Quorum will serve as honorary pallbearers. Interment in Inglewood Park Cemetery will be under direction of the Hardin and Flanagan Mortuary.
Survivors are two sons, William A. of Corona, and Charles S. of Springville, Utah; five daughters, Mrs. Hazel L. Oberg and Mrs. Merle E. Gorman of Inglewood, Mrs. Enola Koonse of Hawthorme, Mrs. June Williams of Elmedino, Calif., Mrs. Bertha E DuRee of Maywood, Mrs. Nellie Ray McDaniel of Redondo Beach, and Mrs. Carma Harrell of Burley, Idaho; five sisters, two brothers, 22 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
*Spelling adjusted wherein I was aware
Funeral program:
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| From the commemorative history of Siney Jr and Lena Lewis Compiled by granddaughter Carol Harless Obtained through Bryce Merkley albums, May 2012 |
Death Certificate:
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| From the commemorative history of Siney Jr and Lena Lewis Compiled by granddaughter Carol Harless Obtained through Bryce Merkley albums, May 2012 |
Vernal Obituary:
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| SOURCE: Vernal Express 1958, Sept 25, p.3 |
Vernal Obituary Transcribed:
Former Resident, Siney Lewis, Jr. Succumbs at 75
Word was received by Charles P. Lewis in Vernal of the death of his brother, Siney Lewis, Jr, 75, of Inglewood, Calif, who succumbed in a Springville hospital Sunday morning of last week.
Mr. Siney Lewis had started for Vernal to visit his relatives here, but had stopped in Springville to visit with a son, Charles Lewis Saturday evening he became ill and was taken to the hospital where he died the next morning.
Funeral services and burial were held at Inglewood last Thursday.
Mr. Lewis had lived in Vernal for many years, but the past 16 years he had resided in Inglewood. He was an active member of the LDS he moved to California.
Mr. Lewis was born 6 June, 1883 at Holladay, Salt Lake, a son of Siney Lewis, Sr and Elizabeth Coleman Lewis. In 1886 at the age of three, he moved with his parents to Midway. In 1896 the family moved to Vernal where Mr. Lewis resided until he moved to California.
Mr. Lewis took a barber course and barbered in Vernal for a number of years. He later purchased the Vernal Confectionery and operated it for many years. He was also a carpenter by trade.
He married Helena Hoeft at Vernal on Dec 3, 1903. In September of 1907 the marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Mrs. Lewis preceded him in death on May 11, 1952.
Survivors include two sons, Wm A. Lewis, Lynwood, Calif and Charles S Lewis, Springville, seven daughters, Mrs. Enola Shelton, Mrs. Bertha DuRee, Mrs. Hazel Obert, Mrs. Merle Silvers and Mrs. June Williams, all of Inglewood, Calif, Mrs. Nellie Rae McDaniel, Los Angeles and Mrs. Carma Koef, Spibnite, Ida.
Two brothers Franklin C. Lewis and Charles P. Lewis, Vernal and five sisters, Mrs. John (Annie) Weist, Mrs. Charles (Mary) Hatch, Mrs. Asher (Birda) Merkley, and Mrs. Harold E (Jennie) Hullinger of Vernal and Mrs. Georgia McClelland, Oakland, Calif.
*Spelling and punctuation corrected wherein I was aware.
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| From the commemorative history of Siney Jr and Lena Lewis Compiled by granddaughter Carol Harless Obtained through Bryce Merkley albums, May 2012 |
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