\t\t\tCommander Earl Gardner Lewis Jr. \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
We mourn the passing of Earl Lewis of Poway, CA, who died this past Sunday morning from a short illness. Earl was born in Chicago, IL to Earl Gardner Lewis and Virginia Gale Lewis. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn Lewis and his brother, Cary Lewis.<\/p>\n
After graduating from college, Earl entered the Naval Aviation Cadet Program in 1963 and was designated a Naval Flight Officer, receiving his commission as an Ensign on June 12, 1964. On October 24, 1967, while serving as a Radar Intercept Officer aboard a F-4 Phantom, Earl was shot down over North Vietnam and taken prisoner. He endured more than 5 years as a Prisoner of War before his release on March 14, 1973.<\/p>\n
Earl continued to serve his country with honor and dedication, ultimately retiring from the U.S. Navy in 1985.<\/p>\n
Following his distinguished military career, Earl began a second chapter in residential real estate and property management, where he became known for his integrity, professionalism and dependability.<\/p>\n
Earl is survived by his wife Marilyn, with whom he shared two step-children, Shawnascy Chalk and Craig Chalk, He is also lovingly remember by his four children; Earl G. Lewis III, Keith Lewis, Melissa Tallman and Mark Lewis and his five grandchildren.<\/p>\n
Earl will be remembered as a man of strength, courage and devotion to both his family and his Country. His legacy lives on in the lives of those he loved and served. <\/p>\n
In lieu of flowers, Earl would love any donation to Wounded Warriors and Palomar Health Palliative & Hospice Care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Commander Earl Gardner Lewis Jr. OBITUARY We mourn the passing of Earl Lewis of Poway, CA, who died…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":168790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,3549,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-168789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-san-diego","12":"tag-sandiego","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115077348334696660","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}