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Dessie L Lewis - Class Of 1987 VIEW PROFILE

DESSIE LEWIS

Jan. 27, 1969 - May 30, 2009
SOUTH BEND - Ms. Dessie Lavail Lewis, 40, beloved mother, grandmother, daughter and sister who resided on South 30 Street, South Bend, Indiana passed away on Saturday, May 30, 2009 at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend, Indiana, following an extended illness.

Dessie was born to the union of Delbert & Dorris Ann (Mobley) Lewis on January 27, 1969 in South Bend, Indiana.

She graduated from John Adams High School in 1984. She attended Michiana College two years studying medical assitance. She worked 5 years for Cardinal Nursing & Rehabilitation Center as a certified nurse assistant and one year as a dietician for Riverpark Nursing Home. She attended Christ Temple Church of God in Christ. Her love was taking care of her family.

She was preceded in death by two grandmothers, missionary Dessie M. Marbley and Octavia Lewis; a cousin, Natalie Moton and a host of aunts and uncles.

Survivors left to cherish her memory include two daughters, Deneen Rochelle Stroud and Dorris Denise Stroud; one son, Dorian Ryshaun Stroud; one grandson, Lamaryon Bradley; her parents, Delbert and Dorris Ann Lewis; one sister, Deneen Rachel Lewis; and one brother, Delbert Allen Lewis, Jr.; a host of aunts and uncles, missionary Dorothy Causey, Daisey Smith, Larry Marbley, Sherry Marbley, Gary Marbley all of South Bend, Marsha Thomas Long of Indianapolis, Indiana, Pandora Simmons, Dennis Marbley, Todd Marbley, Janice Hunt, Mark Hunt and Debbie Erwin; a host of great aunts and great uncles. Amy (Robert) Baker, Sr., Nora (Reuben) Thompson, Mabertta Blue, Dorothy Renford, and Willie l. Paul Shorter of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Funeral services will held for Ms. Dessie l. Lewis at 12:00 p.m. today, June 5, 2009 at Pentecostal Church of God in Christ with viewing one hour prior to service at the church. Arrangements have been entrusted with Alford's Mortuary where bereavement messages may be e-mailed @ alfordsmortuary@comcast.net c/o: Lewis family.

Published by South Bend Tribune on Jun. 5, 2009.
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