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Funeral home: Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral
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Obituary
Lewis Alexander III, 78, of
Atlanta, IL., passed away April 3, 2025. Cremation
rites have been accorded by Holland Barry & Bennett
Funeral Home. There will be no services at this
time.
Lewis was born July 3, 1946, in Bloomington, IL.,
the son of Lewis Samuel Alexander Jr. and Lois Ray
(Bennett). He graduated from Lincoln Junior College
in 1967 and completed coursework in geology and
mining engineering at the University of Missouri at
Rolla. He was a certified operator of nuclear
equipment. He was a senior engineering technician at
Crawford Murphy & Tilly, Inc., retiring after 47
years of service. He worked as a resident
construction engineer on several airport, roadway,
and municipal projects in Illinois, Iowa, and
Missouri.
He was a member of the Springfield Aviation Group,
was an avid reader, an outdoorsman, loved spending
time outside tending to and planting his garden. He
enjoyed white water canoeing, loved his cats, and
enjoyed spending time with good friends at Beer 30. |
Survivors include close family
friends Cheryl (the late Huey) Jones, Amy Martin,
Tad (Kendall) Martin, Robin (Joe) Cook, and the Beer
30 crew: George Petro, Stan Lessen, and Curt Fox.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his
aunt.
Memorial donations may be made to the Heritage in
Flight Museum at 1351 Airport Rd., Lincoln, IL
62656.
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