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Lifelong Alaskan Jeremy Andrew Lewis died July 22, 2005.
A graveside ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 6, at Nerka in Dillingham, where he will be laid to rest next to his mother.
A potluck will be held afterward, at the home of his aunt, Shirley Murphy.
Mr. Lewis was born at Faith Hospital in Glennallen on Sept. 17, 1981, to loving parents, Elayne Marie Ingram and Paul Lewis, and four adoring big sisters.
Throughout his life, he was a resident of Dillingham and Glennallen, where he loved to play hockey, listen to music, hang out with friends and family.
His family wrote, "He left this world too soon, at the young age of 24, at his home in Glennallen on July 22, 2005. He is deeply missed and will be thought of every day, forever," his family wrote.
He is survived by his father, Paul Lewis; sisters, Dana Bartmen, Margaret Wallona, Laura Lemons-Young and Diana Palin-McLean; grandmother, Lillian Ingram, and many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.