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Larry Lewis Obituary
XENIA — Larry P. Lewis, age 76, of Xenia, passed away Thursday, December 5, 2024 at Walnut Creek Nursing Home. He was born August 2, 1948 in Miami Valley Hospital, the son of Paul and Vera (Stenersen) Lewis. Larry grew up in Xenia, Ohio and graduated from Xenia High School, Class of 1966. He retired from Wright Patterson Air Force Base. From an early age Larry enjoyed drag racing, winning first and second places at various tracks, including National Trail, Edgewater and Kil-Kare. He was also an avid bowler. He bowled for many years with Community Lanes and Beaver-Vu Leagues. He proudly played softball with the Sierra Delta WPAFB team. Larry was also a lifetime member of the FOE Xenia, where he served as Treasurer for 14 years. After Larry's retirement, he spent three years traveling with his brother-in-law, Robin Lee, participating in the Go Kart Mini Grand Prix Charity Races. In addition to his parents, Larry was preceded in death by his son: Joel "Joey" Whitt and step-son: Josh Martin. Larry is survived by his loving wife, Cynthia A. (Martin) Lewis; daughters: Erin (Josh) Harkleroad and Stacy Lewis; step-children: Kevin Martin of Columbus and Kristy Northern of Huber Heights; siblings: Carol "Cosmo" Lewis of FL; Ronald (Jeannie) Lewis of Xenia and Patty (Robin) Lee of AZ; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Larry was "Papaw Racecar" to 13 grandchildren: Savanna, CJ, Bella and Alexa; Saylor and Brooklyn; Keandre, Natayja, Kevion, Kariana and Joshua; Clayton and Junior; one great grandson: Flynn Nicholas; and anxiously awaiting the arrival of another; Larry also dearly loved his three little amigos, Ken, Kell and Kodi, who affectionately called him "Grandpa." He will be interred privately at Valley View Memorial Gardens.
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Nancy C. Hedges
December 21, 2024
Knew Larry from school, lived down down from where I lived on Reid Ave. He lived next to Larry Hedges, which I married, my Larry just passed in April this year, we were all friends with the family's on Reid. He had the same family Dr. we had. So sorry to the family, my prayers to all. good person he was.
I am Nancy C. Hedges, Larry Hedges wife writing this. Take care.
Bob Bailey
December 14, 2024
Larry was a great friend and will be greatly missed. Praying for the family.
Gary Hetzler
December 12, 2024
My condolences to all of Larry´s family. He was a good guy that I´ve known since grade school. His dad was our little league coach. He and Ron were part of 4 sets of brothers that were on our team. Hetzlers,Newcommers and Whildings. We were in the same grade (class of 66) and worked together at the Double J Dairy Ranch by Rinks across from the football field along with a lot of our classmates. Larry was into drag racing then and I remember going to Kil Kare with him once. I had been out of touch with him over the years but always enjoyed seeing him at our class reunions. He always had that great smile. I know he will be missed.
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