Voneta V. Lewis, age 96, resident of Fort Scott, KS died peacefully at Presbyterian Village in Fort Scott on February 20, 2023. She was born January 26, 1927, in Coyle, Oklahoma to Nathaniel Arthur and Frances Vontelle (Morgan) Lamb. On October 3, 1948, she married John D. Lewis of Blue Mound, Kansas. 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 La Verne McGee, an infant brother, nieces Linda & 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 KS, her sister, Marjorie Campbell of Raytown MO, and several nieces & nephews, also several great & great-great nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Monday, February 27, 2023 at the Cheney Witt Chapel. The family will receive friends from9:30 AM 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, PO Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.
