Chester Lewis, Sr Obituary (1923

Chester Lewis Sr. June 4, 1923-April 20, 2010 Chester Lewis Sr. 86, Michigan City, made his transition on April 20, 2010. Funeral service will be held noon on Monday, April 26, 2010 in the Serenity Mausoleum at Swan Lake Memorial Gardens Cemetery, 5700 U.S. Hwy. 20, Michigan City, military honors will follow immediately after service. Chester was born June 4, 1923 in Atlantic, Iowa to the late Vera O'Neal-Lewis and John Lewis Sr. Chester was a World War II veteran. He served in the Tuskegee Airmen Division of the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was a pharmacist for 40 years prior to his second career as an artist. A gifted artist, under the trade name "Perez," his internationally-known paintings depicted three dimensional trees as the focal subject in many of his works. Chester leaves in mourning his two daughters, Diane Roper and Cynthia Anacleto; three sons, Chester Lewis Jr., Eric Charles and Philip Michael; 14 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins. Chester was preceded in death by three sisters, Flossie Gilmore, Hazel Stark and Margaret Lewis and six brothers, John Lewis Jr., Elmer, Melvin, Donald, John II and Lawrence.