Oakland County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Lewis, Mary Anne 
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Cemetery:           Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Name:               Mary Anne Lewis

Date Of Photograph: June 10, 2008
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The stone reads -   Beloved Mother  Mary A. Lewis  Oct. 22,1881   Aug. 26, 1951

Mary Anne Lewis (Mohr) was born in Galena Illinois, the fourth of eight 
children born to John and Catherine (Lemper) Mohr. Both John and Catherine 
were born in Germany. In Galena, John was a well known Cooper.

Mary Anne (Mayme) had six sister's and one brother. About 1900 she and two of  
her sister's, Marie Antoinette (Nettie) and Mary Katherine (Kate), became 
Harvey Girls and worked for Fred Harvey on the trains traveling West. While 
out West Mary Anne (Mayme) married Clyde T. Lewis, an Arizona rancher from St. 
Johns Michigan. Prior to 1912 they returned to Michigan and settled in the 
town of Redford near Detroit. Four children were raised there, Helen K. 
Catlin, Margaret Irland, Clyde T. Lewis Jr.(Tom), and Jack Lewis. Mary Anne 
(Mayme)died of breast cancer at age 69.



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