Sixteenth Generation

606. Georgene Opal VANDERVORT was born on 31 March 1924 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.^300,416,716 She appeared in the census in 1930 in Black River Falls, Jackson County, WI.⁴¹⁶ She appeared in the census in 1940 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁹⁶ Georgene died on 1 February 2013 at the age of 88 in Newport, Carteret County, NC.^415,716

Obituary Notes: "Georgene Opal Lewis, 88, of Newport, NC and formerly of Tomah, passed away on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, at Croatan Ridge Care Center, Newport. Georgene was born on March 31, 1924 in Sparta, Wis. to the late L.C. Van Dervort and Ardel Phelps Van Dervort. They lived in Cataract and moved to Tomah where she spent most of her life.

She married Lenwood E. Lewis, May 1944. He was from North Carolina and stationed at Camp McCoy. They had two sons, Jeffrey Allan (1947) and Rodney Van (1948). She was a devoted wife, mother, and homemaker. She enjoyed arts and crafts, family and friends and traveling.

She is survived by a son, Jeffrey; his wife Marge; their daughters, Jennifer and Michelle; and grandchildren; a daughter-in-law, Bonnie Berg Lewis; her daughters, Kimberly, Leslie, Andrea, Sally Jo; and grandchildren. Georgene is preceded in death by her loving husband, Lenwood (2003); son Rodney (2002) and parents.
A Funeral Service will be 11 a.m. on Thursday, at the Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home, 801 E. Monowau St. Tomah. Pastor William Swan will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Relatives and friends are invited to call from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday and from 10 a.m. until the time of the service on Thursday."

. She was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴¹⁵ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Georgene Opal VANDERVORT and Lenwood Earl LEWIS were married on 27 May 1944 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^76,716 Lenwood Earl LEWIS, son of Nat LEWIS and Lenna DIXON, was born on 15 October 1922 in Beaufort, Carteret County, NC.^49,717 He graduated in 1939 in Beaufort, Carteret County, NC.⁴⁹ from Beaufort High School. He died on 29 September 2003 at the age of 80 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁹ Lenwood was buried on 3 October 2003 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁹ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Georgene Opal VANDERVORT and Lenwood Earl LEWIS had the following children: