Sarah Ruff Lewis

1921 - 2016

Sarah Ruff Lewis obituary, 1921-2016

BORN

1921

DIED

2016

FUNERAL HOME

Kriegshauser Mortuary-West Chapel

9450 Olive Blvd

Saint Louis, Missouri

Sarah Lewis Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Dec. 22, 2016.

LEWIS, Sarah Mae (nee Ruff), 95 of St. Louis, MO passed away Sunday, December 18, 2016 in San Antonio, TX peacefully in her sleep at Arden Courts. Beloved wife for 77 years of the late Melton Lewis, Sr.; loving mother of Melton Lewis, Jr., Donna L. Metcalf, Darrell Lewis, and the late Cottry Lewis; dear grandmother, great grandmother, and great great grandmother.

Daughter of the late Seldon and Sarah (nee Eigner) Ruff, Mrs. Lewis was born in Union, SC. Her passion for educating children was international having taught elementary school in Oberstein, Germany for several years and teaching French for may years at Kinloch High School. She retired from teaching fifth grade at Delmar-Harvard in University City.

SERVICES: Visitation Wednesday, December 28, 2016 from 9:30am until time of services at 11:00 am KRIEGSHAUSER WEST MORTUARY 9450 Olive Blvd. Interment Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.

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December 28, 2016

Sarah was the former Historian of the National Association of Bench and Bar Spouses.She will be missed by all the members. Prayers for her entire family and I extend sympathy to the family.

Lyla Coleman
NABBS

December 27, 2016

IN Behalf of The National Association of Bench and Bar Spouses, Inc (NABBS),
we extend our most heartfelt sympathy to the family of Mrs. Sarah Lewis, a lifetime dedicated officer and member of NABBS and its Foundation. She was our dedicated Chaplain for NABBS for many, many years, before her health failed; also she was a dedicated trustee of The NABBS Foundation.

Maris DesChamps Cannon, Columbia, SC
Former NABBS President and
NABBS Foundation, Parliamentarian

December 26, 2016

Diane Roman

I knew Sarah and her late husband from Grace United Methodist Church in St. Louis, MO. She was a very nice lady. We had pleasant conversations during various women's group gatherings. I want to extend my condolences to her friends and family.

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