Longtime Wisconsin journalist Donald (Don) E. Lewis, 88, of Oshkosh, died May 29, at home with his wife, Jo Ann, by his side.
Born in Oshkosh on Sept. 25, 1934, to Barton Evan and Dorothy Marie Elizabeth Sprister Lewis, he graduated from Oshkosh High School in 1952. In 1956, he earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from UW-Madison.
Lewis worked as a reporter for the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern for 10 years before moving his family to Milwaukee to begin his career with The Milwaukee Journal in June 1966. He went on to become a feature editor for the newspaper, retiring when the Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel merged in March 1995.
In October 2007, Lewis published his auto biography, “Sophia, Brigitte and Me.”
Funeral services will be held on July 8 at Peace Lutheran Church in Oshkosh.
