Donald D. Lewis
1932 - 2020
USN
KOR
Donald Duane Lewis was born on January 29, 1932 in Monticello, Wisconsin, to Luther and Mildred Gould Lewis.
Lewis joined the U.S. Navy in 1950, serving in Guam as an aerial photographer.
After four years of military service, he went on to get his degree in education at the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater, where he met Janette Kutz who became his wife on June 13, 1959 in Janesville, Wisconsin; they raised four children together.
After graduating, Lewis taught in New Glarus, Wisconsin. He subsequently moved to Barrington in 1964 where he taught Science for 28 years at Barrington High School. He was passionate about his career and loved being able to help others learn in fun and creative ways.
Two years after his wife passed away in 2006, Lewis married Barbara McCreary; they were together ten years.
Veteran Don Lewis passed away on September 25, 2020 in Barrington, and is buried with his wife, Janette, at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Courtesy of Signal Hill Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.