Esther E. Lewis

Esther E. Lewis, 94, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 7:10 pm, Monday, November 20, 2017 at Parkview Wabash Hospital.  She was born June 21, 1923 in Wabash, to Wentworth and Blanche (Jordan) Lewis.

Esther was a 1942 graduate of Wabash High School and a graduate of St. Vincent School of Practical Nurses in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was a License Practical Nurse at Wabash County Hospital 20 years. Esther was a member of Christ United Methodist Church of Wabash, the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 35 of Marion, former Deputy Grand Matron of Daughter of Isis Prince Hall Chapter of the State of Indiana, and a former member of the Allen Temple Church in Marion. Esther enjoyed fishing, watching ball games, traveling, and doing word-search puzzles.

She is survived by sisters and brother, Barbara Bates of Saginaw, Michigan, Ethel Coleman of Anderson, Indiana, and Ed (Debrah) Lewis of Keller, Texas, many nieces and nephews, and two special friends, Betty Buchanan and Italene Wagoner, both of Wabash.  She was preceded in death by her parents, 5 brothers, 3 sisters.

Funeral services will be 3:00 pm Saturday at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Rev. Chris Tiedeman officiating.  Burial will be in Falls Cemetery, Wabash.  Friends may call 1-3pm Saturday, at the funeral home, with an Eastern Star Service at 2:30 pm.

The memorial guest book for Esther may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.

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