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Service Set April 2 for Douglas M. Lewis
TWISP, WA (March 30, 2005) - A service will be held Saturday, April 2, for
84-year-old retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Douglas M. Lewis
who died March 26. The service will begin at 1 p.m. at Methow Valley
Community Covenant Church with pastor Gregg Oliver officiating.
Lewis was born on November 11, 1920, the ninth of 12 children. He
graduated from high school in Granite Falls, Washington. Lewis married
his high-school sweetheart, Helen Blythe, on his 23rd birthday and the
couple had three daughters.
Lewis served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, subsequently working
as a journeyman machinist in Bremerton Naval Shipyard. After he felt
called into the ministry, Lewis attended Seattle Pacific University
where he graduated in 1953 with a B.A. in sociology and religion. He
also studied theology for three years at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Lewis was ordained in 1962 by the Evangelical Covenant Church and in
1965 completed theological studies at North Park Theological Seminary.
He served as pastor at Hilman Covenant Church in Seattle, Washington;
Evangelical Covenant Church in Whitehall, Michigan; College Center
Covenant Church in San Diego, California; Trinity Covenant in
Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Martha Lake Covenant Church in Lynnwood,
Washington.
He also served as a student pastor at Poulsbo Covenant Church in
Poulsbo, Washington; La Crescenta Covenant Church in La Crescenta,
California; and was an interim pastor at Covina Covenant in Covina,
California.After retiring, the couple moved to the Methow Valley in
North Central Washington to be near family. He founded Community
Covenant Church in Twisp and attended there until his death.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a brother, Bob; two sisters,
Hazel of Oregon, and Ruth of Alaska; three daughters, Janie (Gene)
Westlund of Twisp, Nancy Elizabeth (David) Wong of San Diego, and
Jacklyn (Doug) Williford of San Diego; seven grandchildren; one
great-grandson; and numerous nieces and nephews.
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