Lena L Coleman-Lewis (PA-C)

Lena L Coleman Lewis (PA-C), age 74, succumbed at Las Palmas Medical Center in El Paso, Texas on December 26, 2015 after a brief illness. She was born July 19, 1941 in Lisbon, Ohio. She moved to Carnegie, Pennsylvania at a young age and later settled in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania where she graduated from Penn Hills High School. Lena married David Coleman and raised three children, Kym Coleman, David Coleman Jr. and Timothy Coleman. She later remarried in 1987 to her current husband Thomas Lewis, Jr. Lena went on to attend Indiana State Teachers College of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh and Lakeland Community College. She graduated from Cuyahoga Community College in 1987 with an Associate of Applied Science degree where she became a Certified Physician Assistant. She completed her Medical and Surgical Residency and Internship at the Montefiore Medical Center and The Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in 1988. She started as a Research Lab Coordinator at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School and later went on to become a Senior Lab Technician at Kaiser Permanente. After completing her education she worked as a PA-C, a career she was destined to undertake and loved both in Cleveland, Ohio and El Paso, Texas for 27 years. Lena had a passion for adventure. She was an RV traveler and served as first mate of the Intercity Yacht Club in Cleveland Ohio. As an avid reader she could often be found reading several books at the same time and enjoyed sewing, needle point, crochet and knitting. She was an animal lover and during her summers often volunteered with Doctors without Borders. Lena was preceded in death by her mother Anne Scott Charlton her brother George N. Charlton III and grandson David Coleman III. She is survived by her husband Thomas A. Lewis, Jr of El Paso, TX, her sisters Dianna Jones of Chicago, IL, Suzanne Charlton of Shaker Heights, OH, her brother Ronald Charlton of Runnings Springs, CA, her daughter Kym Coleman of Pittsburgh, PA, her sons David A. Coleman, Jr of Rockwall, TX, Timothy L. Coleman of Fairfax, VA, step-children Thomas A Lewis, III of Cleveland Heights, OH, Tonya Lewis-Ray of Garfield Hts, OH. daughter-in-laws Annette Coleman of Rockwall, TX, LaKeisha Lewis of Cleveland Hts, OH, and 11 grandchildren Durell Coleman, Ariel Coleman, Zach Coleman, Crystal Watkins, Ricardo Nichols, Thomas Lewis IV, Tehron Lewis, Brittani Lewis, Riley & Kennedy Lewis. Also 1 great grandchild Azealia Nichols. Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 7, 2016 from 5:00PM to 8:00PM and on Friday, January 8, 2016 from 5:00PM to 8:00PM, with Prayer Service at 7:00PM at Sunset Funeral Home-West. Entombment will be held on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 12:00PM at Resthaven Memorial Park in Rockwall, TX. She helped and gave freely to not only her family but to anyone who needed it. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Children's Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. These donations in honor of Lena Coleman-Lewis are in appreciation of the great care provided by the Children's Cancer Center for her grandson David A. Coleman lll. Children's Medical Center Foundation @ 2777 Stemmons Freeway, Suite 700, Dallas, TX 75207 or online @ https://give.childrens.com/ways-to-give/. Services entrusted to Sunset Funeral Home-West, 480 N. Resler Dr.