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Eathel Frances Lewis

Posted 2019-02-09 by Judy Wight Branson
Camp Verde Bugle, Camp Verde, Arizona
Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Eathel Frances Lewis was born Aug. 24, 1935, in Zuni, New Mexico, and
passed away July 14, 2018, in Cottonwood, Arizona.

Eathel was a lifelong member of the Yavapai-Apache Nation and resident
of Clarkdale, Arizona. She had a passion for sewing, beadwork and
spending time with her friends and family.

As a member of the Yavapai-Apache Nation, Eathel was honored as Elder
Pai Woman during the Annual Gathering of the Pai People in 2012 and was
a fluent speaker of the Yavapai language.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Max Telese and Hannah Kinsey
Telese; daughter, Liberty Whitson; and brother, Cecil Telese.

Eathel is survived by her husband of 55 years, Lyman Lewis; and her
children, Ruben Lonasee of Clarkdale, Arizona, Michael Sine (Marleana)
of Camp Verde, Arizona, Michael Lewis of Clarkdale, Arizona, Ardith
Earnhardt (Lawrence) of Phoenix, Arizona, Maxine Rennie (Maury) of
Metropolis, Illinois, Deatrice Lewis-Beauty (Elliott) of Camp Verde,
Arizona, and Tanya Lewis of Camp Verde, Arizona; her brother, Robert
Telese of Camp Verde, Arizona; and her 20 grandchildren and several
great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Monday, July 30, 2018, at 10 a.m., at the
Middle Verde Gymnasium on the Yavapai-Apache Nation.

Information provided by survivors.




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