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Margaret Lewis

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Margaret Ruth Hart Lewis, formerly of Winnetka and Evanston, died peacefully at the Presbyterian Home on April 17, 2015. She is survived by daughters Elizabeth Powner (Tory) and Laura Haywood (John), her brother James W. Hart of Denver (Ancella), four grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and five nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sidney J. Lewis.

Her family moved to Winnetka when she was six. At age sixteen, she met her future husband, a pilot stationed at Glenview Naval Air Base. After the war, Peggy and Sidney married in 1947.

Peggy discovered her life’s work in the early 1960s. During her long career at Greeley School in Winnetka, she taught hundreds of young children to read. She was a lifelong learner who continuously studied child psychology and teaching techniques to improve the learning environment in her classroom. In 1973, she took a sabbatical year in London, where she and Sid studied for a year.

Peg and Sid loved to travel. Their year in London was packed with cultural experiences, including music, theater, Indian restaurants, and exploring. Peggy’s favorite landscapes were in Ireland. She loved the works of James Joyce and exploring his Dublin haunts.

Peggy and Sid moved to Evanston in 1975. She retired from teaching in the 1980s and embarked on a second career as a volunteer hospice counselor. Peggy served the families of dying people, including AIDS patients at the height of the epidemic. She spent hours with each family, listening and counseling day or night.

Peggy was an avid musician. She grew up playing the piano and then took up the viola as an adult, playing with string quartets and community orchestras. She and Sid loved to attend summer string workshops such as Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan; she would play music and he would read and enjoy nature.

Her habit of reading constantly lasted her entire life. Even near the end of her life, she read for hours every day. She loved all kinds of literature in addition to James Joyce: Patrick O’Brien naval adventures, biographies, English mysteries from Agatha Christie to PD James, even the occasional trashy novel.

Peggy was a vivacious person who made friends wherever she went. She loved to hear people’s stories and was a marvelous listener as well as a witty conversationalist. Her politics were decidedly left of center and she was vocal about it.

She adored her four grandchildren, who visited Evanston every summer of their childhoods. Peggy and Sid took them to museums, Ravinia concerts, baseball games, and the beach.

She will be forever missed by her family and friends; her legacy is the many Winnetka children that she taught.

There will be a memorial gathering at a later date. Please sign the guestbook to be notified.

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  1. Tom Locher

    April 24, 2015 at 1:05 am

    Laura, John and family so very sorry for your loss. My thoughts are with you.

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  2. Katie Frankle

    August 30, 2015 at 4:01 pm

    Your obituary definitely captured your mom’s essence. And I love the picture. She was a treasure.

    Katie

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