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Lewis's Lasting Legacy


a half century of profound love

       shared with his beautiful lady,

    a lady who hereto will carry memories,

       times over campfires with his stories,

    tales of floods, fires, emergency medicine in the field,

   and stories of family adventures,

  a vast family remains to carry

        images of a genuine man

adorned in a white cowboy hat

    and big framed glasses,

 joyfully caring for his farmette and horses,

     images of harmonica tunes lulled the world,

   memories that carried through heirs

      and the gleam of his eye-his grandchildren,

   a man of honor,

  holding sacred a brotherhood,

      philanthropist for little league and sportsman,

   all while through two careers providing for family,

        three-quarters of a century came

   calling him home,

 to shepherd from above

        with angel wings and prayer,

   here below the memories will carry

      until meeting again in the kingdom.








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