In Memory of Gene Lewis

 

 

LEWIS, S. GENE Gene was born in Watseka, Illinois on September 30, 1940 and died August 15, 2005. He moved to San Diego in 1944 with his family and resided here continuously for 61 years. Gene loved San Diego. He attended Mission Bay High School where he played football for the Buccaneers, and graduated from there in 1958. Following High school, Gene attended San Diego State College where he graduated with Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Mechanical Engineering. He worked at several local companies including General Atomic, and General Dynamics. At General Dynamics he was part of the Atlas Centaur engineering team. Most recently he was employed at Boeing Huntington Beach working on the Delta IV heavy launch vehicle program. We will all miss his quick wit and humor, his smile, his love, his leadership and intellect. He will be missed by his mother, Marjorie Lewis; his sister and brother-in-law, Connie and Fred Rieman; his brother and sister-in-law, David and Patrice Lewis, his nephews and nieces and his entire extended family of friends. Visitation will be held Friday, August 19, 2005 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and a Memorial will be held on Saturday, August 20, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. at El Camino Mortuary, 5600 Carroll Canyon Rd. Donations are suggested to the American Cancer Society, 2655 Camino del Rio N. San Diego, CA 92108, Suite 100. Please sign the guest book at obituaries.uniontrib.com
Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on 8/18/2005.

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