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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Guide Weather Subscribe Contact Us January 12, 2005 Geoffrey Lewis Noted artist Geoffrey Lewis, at age 77, died peacefully on Saturday, January 8, 2005, surrounded by his family. He was born to Elsie and Robert Lewis in San Francisco on January 3, 1928. He attended San Francisco schools until he enlisted in the Merchant Marines at age 16, becoming the youngest man in the World War II invasion of Saipan. Following a tour of duty with the U.S. Army in Germany, on the G.I. Bill he attended San Francisco Academy of Art and Chicago Art Institute, receiving a scholarship to the prestigious New York Art Students League. He joined BBDO Advertising in New York as a television art director and subsequently worked in their Los Angeles and San Francisco offices. Continuing his fine art studies he left advertising to paint full-time in 1964. He exhibited at Maxwell, Pomeroy and Conacher Galleries in San Francisco, The Biltmore in Los Angeles, Zantman in Carmel and galleries in Dallas & Corpus Christi, Texas and Memphis, Tennessee. A retrospective of his work was presented by the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. In 1971, he moved to Ashland, Oregon where he continued to paint for the rest of his life. He was made an Honorary Member of the Ashland Fire Department after leading the drive to raise funds for the first rescue vehicle in Ashland. He was on the founding Board of Directors of the State Ballet, served on the Briscoe Parent Committee and participated in Meals on Wheels. A supporter of local community and Children's Theater productions, he acted and produced for Medford Community Theater and was a founder of the Oregon Theater Wing in the Rogue Valley. An avid and skilled bridge player, in 1998, he was named a Silver Life Master by the American Contract Bridge League. He is survived by sons, Christopher, New York; Prescott, Ashland; Courtney, Santa Rosa, CA; daughter, Paulette, son-in-law Michael, grandchildren, Austen and Ali Butler of Hailey, Idaho; and brother Wallace of San Anselmo, CA. One son, Cooper, preceded him in death. Services will be held Friday, January 14, 9 a.m. at Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home in Ashland. Additional service and interment will follow at the Veterans National Cemetery in Eagle Point at 11 a.m. Tax-deductible Contributions should be made to the Ashland Parks Foundation, 340 S. Pioneer Street, Ashland, Oregon, in memorial to Geoffrey Lewis. DailyTidings.com Home Page Archives | Revels | Classifieds | Real Estate Guide | Weather | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2005 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Slippers Women's & Men's Slippers Ceramic Piggy Banks heloc libor rate Calenders 2005 Calender 2005 Accelerate Weightloss Products Memory Foam Mattress afsa studentloans home equity loans teleconferencing W2 Forms fasa student loans Matchmaking & Dating Scripts African Safari Conference Calls - $50/Month Security Systems student loan consolidation wholesale diamonds Currancy Exchange web conferencing Online Casinos Community Click Here Site Search: .:Advertisements:. RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams