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Elsie Curry Lewis, 96, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 22, 2022, at Country Meadows Hershey.

Born and raised in Hershey she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Lottie Ensminger.
Through her long and eventful life Elsie lived, among other places, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Wyncote, Pennsylvania, and Sarasota, Florida. Elsie enjoyed travel and entertaining and was a devoted member of the Hershey Presbyterian Church (PCA). Faith and family were central to her life.

Elsie is survived by Dr. Edward Lewis, her husband of seventeen years; a son, Dean Curry of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina; daughter-in-law, Jean Curry also of Hilton Head Island; grandchildren John Curry of Lake Tahoe, California, Andrew Curry of Tokyo, Japan, Ashley Icard of Bluffton, South Carolina, and Peter Curry of Narberth, Pennsylvania; four great-children, Audrey and Nate Curry of Lake Tahoe, California and Eli and Finn Icard of Bluffton. South Carolina. Elsie was predeceased by her former spouse, Richard Curry, her son, Richard Curry, Jr, and her sister, Avis Freeman. Elsie is also survived by her stepchildren by her marriage to Dr. Lewis: Maureen Buckfelder of Hershey, Suzanne (and Edward) Wildman of Hummelstown, Frederick Lewis of Manassas, Virginia, and Lorraine Smith of Newark, Delaware.

Services will be held Wednesday, June 1, at 11:00 a.m. in the Hoover Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., Route 422 and Lucy Avenue, Hershey. Visitation will be from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. prior to the funeral service.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hershey Presbyterian Church, 1521 Sand Hill Road, Hummelstown, PA 17036 or Lifesong Hospice Foundation, 3880 Tecport Drive Suite 2, Harrisburg, PA 17111.

Send condolences at www.hooverfuneralhome.com

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