Mary Jane (Peterson) Lewis, age 77, passed away at her residence on Tuesday, January 26, 2021.<\/p>\n
Born in Beloit, WI on November 28, 1943, she was the daughter of Lester and Anna (Nielsen) Peterson.\u00a0 She was a graduate of North Boone High School and received her bachelor\u2019s degree in Education from Carthage College.<\/p>\n
On June 14, 1969, Mary Jane was united in marriage to Donald C. Lewis, Jr. at Jefferson Lutheran Church and they shared 38 loving years together.\u00a0 Donald preceded her in death on November 24, 2007.<\/p>\n
Mary Jane was employed as a teacher for the Kenosha Unified School District for 35 years, retiring in 1999.<\/p>\n
Mary Jane was a member of the KEA, WEA, NEA and the KCREA.\u00a0 She also was a member of the PTO Board and Fund and the Kenosha Literacy Council.\u00a0 She enjoyed the outdoors, gardening, reading, traveling and volunteered as a sub-driver for Meals on Wheels.<\/p>\n
Left to smile about the great times they had are those who survive her:\u00a0 her siblings, Carol Krupke and John (Haidy) Peterson; her stepchildren, Deborah Lewis and Linda (Peter) DeRose; her eight grandchildren.<\/p>\n
In addition to her parents and husband, Mary Jane was preceded in death by her stepchildren, Sandra Constabile and Dawn Lewis.<\/p>\n
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Funeral services honoring Mary Jane\u2019s life will be held on Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery.<\/p>\n
In lieu of flowers, memorial remembrances to Kindred Kitties, 614 59th<\/sup> Street, Kenosha, WI 53140 or to Carthage College Center for Children\u2019s Literature, 2001 Alford Park Drive, Kenosha, WI 53140 would be appreciated.<\/p>\n Debido a preocupaciones de salud p\u00fablica y en cumplimiento de las directrices de los CDC, solo se permitir\u00e1 la entrada de 50 personas a la funeraria a la vez. Para la seguridad de nuestros invitados, se les puede solicitar que esperen afuera. Se mantendr\u00e1 la distancia social y quienes asistan deber\u00e1n usar una cubierta facial. Gracias por su comprensi\u00f3n y cooperaci\u00f3n durante este momento dif\u00edcil.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mary Jane (Peterson) Lewis, age 77, passed away at her residence on Tuesday, January 26, 2021. Born in Beloit, WI on November 28, 1943, she was the daughter of Lester and Anna (Nielsen) Peterson.\u00a0 She was a graduate of North Boone High School and received<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":12571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"service-location":[],"class_list":["post-12570","obituary","type-obituary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary\/12570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/obituary"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service-location?post=12570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}