Yolo-Imperial County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....LEW, William July 30, 2004 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/obits/ca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy B. Perazzo pbperazzo@comcast.net March 7, 2005, 10:15 pm "The Davis Enterprise," Friday, August 13, 2004 William Lew William Lew of Davis died July 30, 2004, after a battle against Parkinson's disease. He was 82. Born July 26, 1922, in Oakland, he was a highly decorated U.S. Air Force officer who participated as a pilot and a controller in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He retired from Travis Air Force Base as chief controller in 1975, after serving his country for more than 32 years. The lieutenant colonel not only dedicated himself to his family and country, but also to friends and neighbors, his family says. Outside his military life, he loved to work with his hands doing wood carvings and whimsical toys. He was known as the neighborhood handyman for carpentry, plumbing and other household projects. He was preceded in death by his wife of more than 53 years, Betty E. Lew, who died Aug. 21, 2003. He is survived by his children, Karen and her husband Del of Wichita, Kansas; Steven of Sacramento; Cindy and her husband Bob of San Jose; and Patricia and her husband David of Sacramento; and his grandchildren, Brandon, Melissa, Marianne, Peter and Sarah. Family and friends are invited to a celebration of his life at University Covenant Church, 315 Mace Blvd., Davis, at 1 p.m. Friday. The family requests that donations be sent to Parkinson's Association, 900 Fulton Ave., Suite 100-5, Sacramento, CA 95825, in memory of William Lew. Additional Comments: Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise." (315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616) . File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/yolo/obits/gob6151lew.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb