A beautiful and generous life has passed. Pamela Ruth Lewis passed away peacefully on August 15th, 2023, when her battle with cancer and Alzheimer’s disease came to a peaceful end. Her husband Paul and children Andy and Katie were at her side. Pam and her twin sister Kay were born to Patty and Robert Illman in Boston Massachusetts on November 16, 1944. In the winter of 1945, after World War Two ended, the Illmans returned to Seattle. Over the years the Illman family grew to include three more sisters, Terry, Sally, Debbie, and a brother, Jim. The Illmans lived in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood and spent summers building a cabin and playing on Maury Island. They all enjoyed beach combing, clam digging, and hunting for agates. Pam graduated from the University of Washington in 1968. On New Year’s Eve, 1967, she met Paul Lewis. Pam and Paul fell in love, …
February 22, 2024
