Margaret "Peggy" Lillian Lewis

Margaret “Peggy” Lillian Lewis went to be with her Lord and Savior, and her family who passed before her, after a brief illness on March 29, 2010. Peggy was born in Yakima, WA, October 29, 1928 to Mitchell Stanley Thomson and Helen Francis (Christian) Thomson. Peggy’s family later moved to Ellensburg, WA, and she graduated from Ellensburg High School in the class of 1947.

Peggy was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Peggy and her husband of 57 years (Glenn Melvin Lewis) were married in Ellensburg, but lived most of their adult lives together in Yakima. She was a homemaker until her children were older and then worked as a school lunch cook for the Yakima school district. Most of that time was spent at Eisenhower High School. After retirement, Peggy volunteered for many years at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital and was active at the Central Washington Agricultural Museum in Union Gap, WA.

Peggy’s family and friends knew her as an avid gardener, reader and as someone who loved to play board games, cards and put together puzzles. Peggy’s family, on her father’s side (Thomson, Mitchell, Bishop, Hunter, Hancock, Gavin) came to this country from Scotland, some of the families settling in Nova Scotia, Canada, before coming to the United States. Her mother’s family (Christian, Synett, Archer, Van Wart, Cromwell, Griffin, Berrien, Brown) were long time residents of the New York area. Family genealogy traced back to the early 1700’s show service to the country as far back as the Revolutionary War.

Peggy is survived by her husband Glenn of Yakima, WA, sister Patricia Louise Thomson of Clovis, CA, daughter Pamela Helen Lewis of San Jose, CA, son Jeffery Christian Lewis (Wife Vincynthia) of Issaquah, WA, Granddaughter Breanne Teresa (Lewis) Cherry (Husband Tristan) of Kirkland, WA, Granddaughter Adreanne Pamela Lewis, of Seattle, WA, Great-Grandson Bishop Wesley Cherry of Kirkland, WA, Sister-in-law Patty Thomson of Gig Harbor, WA and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Stanley Christian Thomson, of Gig Harbor, WA.

A memorial service will be held at Orchard Park Retirement Home, 620 N. 34th Ave, Yakima, WA, on Saturday, April 17th at 1pm. Donations may be made in honor of Peggy to either the American Diabetes Association (www.diabetes.org) or the American Heart Association (www.americanheart.org). You may sign an online memorial guestbook at www.keithandkeith.com by selecting Margaret L. Lewis under the Obituaries and Services heading.

Arrangements under the direction of Keith & Keith Funeral Home, Yakima, WA.