Voneta V. Lewis

Voneta V. Lewis

Voneta V. Lewis, age 96, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died peacefully at Presbyterian Village in Fort Scott on Feb. 20, 2023. She was born Jan. 26, 1927, in Coyle, Okla., to Nathaniel Arthur and Frances Vontelle (Morgan) Lamb. On Oct. 3, 1948, she married John D. Lewis of Blue Mound, Kan. Together they owned and ran the Town and Country Insurance and Real Estate Agency in Fort Scott for many years. Voneta was a member of Community Christian Church in Fort Scott.

She is preceded in death by her husband, her parents, her sisters Glenda Ball and LaVerne McGee, an infant brother, nieces Linda and Becky Lamb and Marsha McGee Daves, and nephews Robert Ball and Ronald McGee. Voneta is survived by her brother, LeRoy Lamb and his wife, Nadine of Mound City, Kan., her sister, Marjorie Campbell of Raytown, Mo., and several nieces and nephews, also several great and great-great-nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 27, 2023 at the Cheney Witt Chapel. The family will receive friends from 9:30 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, Voneta’s family suggests donations to the Alzheimer’s Association and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, P.O. Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.