Barbara Anne Harvey Lewis passed away on February 26th, 2025, in Los Altos, CA. She was 88.
She was a graduate of St. Patrick’s School in San Jose, the city where she was born in 1936. She graduated from Notre Dame High School in San Jose in 1954. She met her future husband Jerome (Jerry) Lewis at a summer dance at Big Basin State Park in the Santa Cruz mountains. Jerry was a freshman at Santa Clara University at the time but soon transferred to United States Military Academy (USMA), West Point, New York.
Barbara spent a year at San Jose City College and then went to work for San Jose Steel and Farmers Insurance. In 1958, she flew to New York where she and Jerry were married in a military ceremony through an Arch of Sabers on his graduation day at West Point.
As newlyweds, Barbara and Jerry embarked on a military career taking them across the U.S. and Europe. Barbara was an officer’s wife in the army, raising four children. They lived in Oklahoma, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, and spent three years in Germany at the foot of the Alps.
In 1965, Barbara and Jerry returned to the U.S. to begin their married life as civilians. They spent the next 60 years at their home in Mountain View, California. Barbara was a dedicated and loving wife, mother, sister, daughter, and friend who was deeply loved by all. She was a talented singer, winning contests on the stage at Big Basin State Park, performing at Montgomery Theatre (Civic Auditorium) in San Jose and in the musical Student Prince in Santa Clara. She was a proud bowler with a high game of 188. She was a Girl Scout volunteer and enjoyed family camping trips to Lake Tahoe, Richardson Grove, and Santa Cruz. After her children were grown, Barbara discovered cruises. She loved exploring exotic places like Bermuda, Alaska, the Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii, and Europe, among other places, with Jerry and family members. She adored spending time with her cherished sister, her adoring children, nieces and nephews, grandchildren and precious pets. She lived a full life enjoying the family and happiness that she and Jerry created.
She is beloved and deeply missed by all who knew her. She is survived by her husband Jerry, her sister Sarah, her four children and their spouses: Dennis (Cathleen), Jayne (Dennis); Charlie (Carrie); and Jacqueline (Peter). She is also remembered and adored by her six grandchildren Laura, Patrick, Kienna, Bryce, Chas, and Aidan; and she had three great-granddaughters Alma, Filippa, and Winter. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brothers John and Ed Harvey.
Funeral services will be held at St. William Catholic Church in Los Altos on March 17th. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the American Heart Association (www.heart.org).
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