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Harry Lewis Obituary
Harry West Lewis, formerly of Seattle, passed away October 19th, 2013 in Olympia. Harry was born in Oliver, B.C. and grew up in Coeur d'Alene, ID. A WWII Veteran of the US Army Air Corps, he served as a Radio Navigator. He married Mary E. Smith on October 27, 1946.
An active amateur radio operator (Ham) since 1941 he is probably best known as W7JWJ. Harry is survived by his daughter Diana Purvine, K7ETY; son Gary L. Lewis, WA7BBJ; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
An American Radio Relay League Life Member, Harry served as ARRL Section Manager for W.WA from 1991 until 2003. He also served in numerous other ARRL and Ham Club positions.
A memorial service will take place Saturday, November 23rd at 10:00am in the Seattle area at St Dunstan's Church, 722 N 145th St, Shoreline, WA. Please no flowers.
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December 17, 2013
73 Harry, you'll leave a big void in the ham fraternity. Bill W7WQ
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pat osullivan wa7avi
November 17, 2013
w7jwj de wa7avi
I remember you when I first met you at Skagit amateur radio club and help support the Bryant hamfest in the 1960 's and we had a good time and all the time you run warts net for many years on 3970.. I was a novice at the time and went to get my general lic. .. in 1965.. god loves you and you are now in his ars 20131117
I loved looking like my uncle!
Audrey McAninch
November 17, 2013
I will miss Uncle Harry's honest-to-goodness, dynamic love for family history, expressed in his intelligent, distinguished, lovable, deadpan manor. I so appreciated his surprise entrance to family events and his succinct expositions of his past. What a wonderful man of character!
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