Helen Marie (Guthrie) Lewis, 90, passed away April 24, 2025. She was born Oct. 22, 1934 in Konawa, OK to Victoria and Farris Guthrie. She graduated from Shawnee High School in 1953 and went to work for the JC Penny company. One year later she married Bernard Bedford Lewis, Jr., on Nov. 5, 1954. Later she became a receptionist for Broadway Medical Clinic and Shawnee Medical Center Clinic and owned Uniforms Alamode. She proudly received her 25-year pin from the clinic. When her husband and son opened a construction company she retired to help run the family business, Oklahoma Industrial Construction from 1979 to 2008.
Preceded in death by her parents; husband; sisters, Eldalene Carter and Billie Dorris Biffle; great-granddaughter, Peyton Sturgill.
Those left to cherish her memory: son, Johnny Lewis and wife Tina; daughter, Cindy Sturgill and husband Jimmy Sturgill; four grandchildren, Tanner Sturgill and wife Amanda of Tecumseh, OK, Josh Etheridge of Boerne, TX, Jonathan Etheridge and wife Morgan of Nixa, MO, Christopher Etheridge and wife Angel of Elgin, OK; eight great-grandchildren, Casen and Dace Sturgill, Amaris Etheridge, Emma, Abby, and William Etheridge, Adam and Evan Etheridge; one cousin, Ernestine Hamm of TX; and numerous nieces, nephews, and close friends.
Visitation will be from 9 am to 8 pm, May 1, 2025 with family present from 6 pm to 8 pm. Service will be 2 pm, May 2, 2025 at Cooper Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Butch Bradley officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park, Shawnee, OK under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh.
