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Barbara Jean Amols Lewis

West Hartford, Connecticut

1952 - 2023

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It is with profound sadness that we note the sudden passing of Barbara on Sunday, October 29th. She was born in 1952 to Jean and Seth Amols and grew up in Syosset, New York. She graduated from Bates College where she met Courtland, and they married in 1976. Barbara subsequently earned a Master's...

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Barbara was wonderful teacher at East. We did not teach in the same department but had a lot of people in common by both living in the Duffy neighborhood. She will be missed. My thoughts and prayers are with the Lewis family.

We are so very sorry to hear of Barbara's passing. Please accept our deepest condolences.

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I am heartsick at the loss of my dear friend. Barbara and I had an instant connection when we met as freshmen at Bates, and were sophomore year roommates. We had the longest conversations! She was one of the most intelligent, warmest women I have ever known. Barbara's family and friends will love and miss her forever.

Barb and I danced at Bates, were roommates for a year, and then shared an apartment in Boston for a while. Over the years (decades!) we lost contact. And then this summer, Barb reached out to me, and I met her and Court for lunch in Maine. After lunch she and I chatted, laughed, reminisced, shared life stories, and just caught up. It was a perfect late summer afternoon that I will cherish forever. I am grateful for our time together, that day and decades ago. I will miss her wit and...