Sharon Lewis
January 09, 1939 - November 07, 2018
Sharon Kay Chestnut Lewis, 79, passed from this life on November 7, 2018 in Edmond, Oklahoma. Family will greet friends on Monday, November 12, 2018 from 5:30-7:30 at Strode Funeral Home in Stillwater, OK. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at the Strode Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the Tryon Cemetery in Tryon, Oklahoma. Sharon was born in Geneseo, Kansas on January 9, 1939 to Guilford Red and Bernice (Hagler) Chestnut. She grew up in Kansas and Ponca City, OK. She graduated from Ponca City High School in 1957. Kay married Kenneth Skip Lewis on June 2, 1956 and they eventually settled in Tryon, OK. where they raised two daughters.
Kay worked for the Tryon school system and was an active member in the First Baptist Church. She had a love for farming and gardening.
Kay is preceded in death by her husband of 44 years; both parents; her father and mother in law, Carl and Ruby Lewis; one brother, Bruce Chestnut.
Kay is survived by two daughters, Sherri Lewis and Jeannie (Roy) Layes, both of Stillwater, OK; two grandsons, Matthew G. Layes (Kallie Biggs) of Salt Lake City, Utah and Mitchell (Valerie) Layes of Stillwater, OK; one grandson, Brayden; two step sisters, Sue Woodard and Lou Hilburn of Moore, OK; three sister-in-laws, Jo Ventris of Stillwater, OK; Bobbi (Larry) Moss of Mineral Wells, TX. And Hazel Chestnut of Dover, OK; many nieces, nephews and other family and friends.
Memorial contributions may be made in her name to the Alzheimers Association, alz.org or mail to, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, D.C. 20090.
Condolences may be emailed to the family at www.strodefh.com.
Published on November 8, 2018
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