Nancy P. Lewis Hewins

SHREWSBURY- Nancy P. Lewis Hewins, 94, of Shrewsbury, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at the Shrewsbury Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was the wife of the late Gilbert Hewins who died in 1998. Her first husband, Walton P. Lewis, died in 1983.

Born in Worcester, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Helen (Pearson) Chace. She was a 1934 graduate of Worcester South High School and also graduated from the Peabody College for Women in Nashville, TN.

Nancy was employed as a substitute teacher for the public school system in Moorestown, NJ. In later years she worked as an occupational therapist at the Meadows Nursing Home in Framingham and gave piano lessons.

After her retirement she played in a band called “Old Kids On The Block” entertaining residents of nursing homes. She was also a member of Street Car Company Theater Group in New Hampshire and enjoyed sewing and crafts.

Nancy is survived by two daughters, Judith Rameior of Needham and Betty Lewis of Westborough ; a step son, Donald Latham of Atkinson, NH and a step daughter, Deborah Snyder of Stockton Springs, ME.

Private burial in Hope Cemetery, Worcester will take place at a later date.

Donations in her memory may be made to UMass Memorial Hospice, 650 Lincoln St., Worcester, MA 01605 or to World Wildlife Fund, PO Box 97180, Washington, DC 20090

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