Gwyneth Marilyn Lewis

Gwyneth Marilyn Lewis, age 94, of Monroe, Iowa passed away on Sunday, October 12, 2025, at Park Centre in Newton, Iowa.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 18, 2025, at 11:00 am at the Monroe United Methodist Church. The family will greet friends prior to the service at the church on Saturday beginning at 10:00 am. Lunch will be served at the church following the committal at Silent City Cemetery, Monroe. Memorials may be directed to the Monroe United Methodist Church and the Monroe Public Library. Condolences may be left for the family at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com

The daughter of Leo L. and Alma (Ellefson) Bump, Gwyneth was born on August 31, 1931, on her grandmother Ellefson’s farm near Alden, Iowa, where she joined her older two brothers, Wallace Denton and William Carlton. Before brother, James Richard, was born, all the family had moved to Hubbard, Iowa where they lived, worked and went to school until 1940 when they moved to Monroe, when Gwyneth was in the fourth grade. She graduated from Monroe High School in 1949. She attended Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and taught one year at Country Valley School in Summitt Township in Marion County, Iowa. On June 7, 1951, she married Rodger N. Lewis of Monroe. They lived and worked on the Lewis family century farm their entire married life until Rodger died on July 18, 2010. To this union, five children were born: Elaine Claire, Jeffrey Alan, Amy Ruth, Ned Lowell and Marty Lynn. Gwyneth devoted her life to her family and friends. For many years, she was involved in church activities, including teaching Sunday School, UMW, and singing in the choir. She was on the first board of directors of Monroe Senior Housing. She was a member of their neighborhood club. She enjoyed playing bridge, and loved reading, music and flowers.

Those left to honor her memory include her children, Elaine (Don) Keuning, Jeff (Lana) Lewis, Amy Barton, Ned (Connie) Lewis and Marty (Joyce) Lewis; ten grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren and 4 great-great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Preceding her in death were her parents, husband, her brothers and sisters-in-law, Wallace (Mary) Bump, Carlton (Mickey) Bump and Jim (Judy, Ann) Bump, Rodger’s parent, Bill and Thelma, and son-in-law Ed Barton.