William Benjamin ‘W.B.’ Lewis was born Feb. 4, 1897 to Harry L. and Emily Jenkins Lewis. He died Mar. 14, 1982 and is buried in Graceland Cemetery, Webster City, IA.
During World War I, Dr. Lewis served with the U.S. Naval Reserve in the Medical Corps. He spent four years with the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II with the 300th General Hospital unit, being located in Italy. He retired from service as a lieutenant colonel.
His Obituary: Daily Freeman Journal, Tuesday, March 16, 1982
Funeral services for Dr. W.B. Lewis, 84, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Foster Funeral home with the Rev. Paul D. Williamson officiating and with burial in Graceland cemetery.
Dr. Lewis, a longtime physician and surgeon, died early Sunday morning at his home. He had been in failing health the past several years.
William Benjamin Lewis, son of Harry and Emma Jenkins Lewis, was born Feb. 4, 1898, at Muncie, Ind. He was reared and educated at Muncie and Granite City, Ill.
He attended Illinois State college and Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis, Mo.
During World War I he served with the U.S. Naval Reserve in the Medical Corps.
He started medical practice in Fort Dodge in 1922.
He was united in marriage July 15, 1923, to Faye Cashatt at Dedham, Iowa. He moved his medical practice to Kamrar in 1923, later coming to Webster City in 1927.
He spent four years with the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II with the 300th General Hospital unit, being located in Italy. He retired from service as a lieutenant colonel.
After many years of medical practice with his wife, Dr. Faye Lewis, he retired in February, 1969, and had since resided at 1500 Willson Ave.
He is survived by his wife; one son and two daughters, Dr Malcolm Lewis of Nashville, Tenn., Mrs. Elizabeth Matthew of Tampa, Fla.,
and Virginia Lewis of Webster City; seven grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren; and one brother and one sister, Harry T. Lewis of New Port Richey, Fla., and Irene Sharpe of Oakmont Pa.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
He was a member of Asbury United Methodist church, the American College of Surgeons, the American Medical Association, a longtime member of the Hamilton County Medical staff and a former Kiwanis club and Izaak Walton League
member.
Source: ancestry.com
