Nellie Marie Lewis

On the eve of December 26, 2022, with family close by her side, Nellie Marie Lewis, 89, peacefully joined the open arms of her creator above. She was born to the late Silas Rexie and Estella Dingley in Fulton County, Pennsylvania on September 12, 1933. Nellie was the girl who once added colors to our pale skies after her long, yet courageous battle with pulmonary fibrosis.

All through life, Nellie was right there in support of her late husband’s numerous extracurricular activities and the prideful passion and delight of family and friends and all of their accomplishments. One of her most beloved passions in life, passed on by her mother, was the love of quilting whom Nellie shared with her late sister, Olive. Nellie additionally enjoyed a love, shared by her husband, for working with ceramics. One of Nellie’s greatest prideful moments in life was the achievement of her two son’s attainment to the scouting rank of Eagle.

Nellie worked most of her life until retirement as an executive secretary. Her younger days provided a working start as an office secretary at a trucking company within the city of Baltimore. She went on to complete a fulfilling career with the District of Columbia Children’s Center located in Laurel, Maryland.

Nellie is survived by her sister, Velma Adams, her son’s Mark Lewis and Perry Lewis (wife Annette), and daughter by marriage, Linda Deperro (husband John), her 9 grandchildren, Stephen Lewis (wife Jakki), Casey Lewis (wife Caitlyn), Stacy Lewis, David Deperro, Amy Moreno (husband Blas), Alan Benton (wife Liz), Julie Morgan (husband Jeff), her 9 great grandchildren, Harleigh Lewis, Matthew Clark, Chris Craven Jr., Abigail and Reed Eget, Josephine and Gwyneth Moreno, James Brown (fiancé Adrienne), and Vincent Penn (fiancé April) and 3 great great grandchildren, Cameron, Caydence and Lola and many many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Nellie was preceded in death by her parents Silas Rexie and Estella Dingley, her beloved husband, James L. Lewis, Sr., her older sister, Olive Creek, her son by marriage, James L. Lewis, Jr, and granddaughters, Lisa Eget and Crystal Benton.

Her legacy will live on in the hearts and minds of everyone she interacted with as well as those she has touched but never met. Share your stories of remembrance during visitation on Saturday January 7th, 2023 from 9:00am to 11:30am immediately following with a Celebration of Life Service at 11:30am at Gary L. Kaufman Funeral Home at Meadowridge Memorial Park. Internment Meadowridge Memorial Park.