Ronald Lee Lewis

Ronald Lee Lewis of Centreville, MD died at his home on Sunday, May 28, 2006. He was 57. Born on November 2, 1948 in Baltimore, MD he was the son of Oliver Arthur Lewis, Sr. of Wilmington, DE and the late Jewell Joan Wallen. He worked as a part-time employee for his brother’s manufacturing plant while attending Baltimore City College in 1967 and earning an AA degree from the Community College of Baltimore in 1971. Even though Ron taught Science in the Baltimore City school system, after only one year he returned to his first love, manufacturing. He worked full time at Kenlee, and received 4 years of management training through courses and seminars offered by Koppers Company. He there served many positions, such as assistant tool engineer and general foreman and then eventually as the Senior Tool Engineer responsible for the design and development of specialty machine tolls. After a few more years of experience at Baltimore Therapeutic Equipment, and realizing that there was a need for other careers in his community, Ron founded NRL and Associates, Inc. in 1986 on Kent Island in Stevensville, MD. He was a loving father spending much time camping, skiing, scuba diving, hiking and fishing with his son, Neil, enjoyed golf and photography and still had the time for so many others who came into his life. Mr. Lewis is survived by his wife, Barbara Lynn Lewis; a son, Neil Ronald Lewis; a brother, Kenneth A. Lewis, Sr. and his wife, Norma; a sister, Patricia A. Porter and twenty loving nieces and nephews. In addition to his mother, he was pre-deceased by a brother, James I. Lewis. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 1, 2006 at 11:30 AM at the Kent Island United Methodist Church where family and friends may call one hour prior to the service and also on Wednesday, May 31 from 2 – 4 PM and 6 – 8 PM at the Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P. A., Centreville, MD. Burial will be in Glen Haven Cemetery, Glen Burnie, MD. Memorial donations may be made to the Hospice of Queen Anne, Inc., 300 Del Rhodes Avenue, Queenstown, MD 21658 or to the American Cancer Society, Eastern Shore Chapter, 1358 Parsons Road, Salisbury, Md. 21801.