Darol Lewis

Darol Lewis, age 79, of Neillsville, WI died Saturday, June 5, 2010 at the Neillsville Care and Rehabilitation Center.Darol was born at Augusta, WI on January 19, 1931 on the home farm the son of William and Nana (nee Warner) Lewis. He attended country school at age 4 (a year early) to help his 5 year old brother ill with diabetes walk the four miles every day. After 8 years he attended four years of high school graduating at Augusta in 1948. After school he continued to farm with his parents due to their ill health. In 1955 he married Margaret Reber at Neillsville and in 1958 they purchased her Dads farm in the Town of Grant. After farming over 40 years, Darol was injured in the barn forcing the sale of the farm due to the illness of his diabetes. From there Darol and Margaret moved to Glenn Shorts house on highway 10 and Darol worked for his beloved friend Benny Heck in Christie, WI and also for Steve Shorts farm. In 2003, Darol and Margaret moved to Neillsville as he was getting more ill and couldnt work any longer. In 2005, after being hospitalized for three months he entered the Memorial Nursing Home.He loved farming, planting, harvesting and when baby calves were born. He especially loved his two older John Deere antique tractors and always said, John Deere was the very best!He was a loving husband, father, granddad and great granddad. He was very proud of his four sons and so happy when they and grandkids came to visit and tell him what they were doing.Darol is survived by two sons, Todd (Sue) Lewis of Granton, WI and Bradley (Bernadette) of Neillsville, a daughter-in-law, Marcia Lewis of Neillsville, six grandkids, Pamela (Scott) Sill, Joshua, Craig, Travis, Amanda and Courtney, two step-grandchildren, Kaitlyn and Tayler Sill and great grandchildren, Alexis, Makayla and Benjamin Sill and Conner Lewis.He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret, two sons, David and Glen, his parents, three brothers, Dale, David and Dean and a sister, Clara Dawn.Funeral Services for Darol will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 10, 2010 at the Gesche Funeral Home in Neillsville. Pastor Douglas Bjerke will officiate. Interment will be in the Town of Grant Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday and from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., Thursday at the Gesche Funeral Home in Neillsville.