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Lewis Vernon Spencer went home to his Heavenly Father on Tuesday, January 22, 2008. He will be missed by his family and friends. He was born to Lewis Henry and Annie (Sewell) Spencer on August 31, 1917. He was born in the Estancia Valley. His father, Lewis, was so excited he had a boy after four daughters that he announced "The King of the Valley is born". He helped his father on the farm. He married Dorothy Brown in 1935, and to this union was one son, Walter Spencer, three daughters, Shirley, Margaret and Irene Spencer. Dorothy died in 1940. On May 24, 1942, he married Lucille Timmons. To this Union, was born one more son, Don Spencer, two daughters, Janet Nelle and Karen Spencer. After a fifteen year drought on the farm, he moved the family to Albuquerque in 1951. Vern worked at ICX Trucking Company for nearly 30 years before he retired in 1982. He was a racing enthusiast, and raced at the old Speedway Park. He loved watching NASCAR racing on TV. He was preceded in death by his parents; four sisters, Margaret Spencer, Mamie (Spencer) Maxwell, Willie (Spencer) Miller, and Lona (Spencer) Kellogg; two nephews, Miller Maxwell and Gene Miller; two nieces, Willie Mae (Maxwell) Maiden and Patsy (Miller) Rawson; three daughters, Shirley Spencer, Janet Nelle Spencer and Margaret (Spencer) DeMoss. He is survived by his wife of over 65 years, Lucille Timmons Spencer; two sons, Walter Spencer and wife, Dot of Moriarty and Don Spencer and wife, Adele of Plano, TX; two daughters, Irene Spencer Thein of Issaquah, WA and Karen Spencer of Albuquerque; 14 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great grandchildren; many cousins and friends. Service will be held Monday, January 28, 2008, 10:00 a.m., at Heights First Church of the Nazarene, 8400 Paseo del Norte, NE. Interment will be at Estancia Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, January 27, 2008, 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at French Mortuary, Lomas Blvd. Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in his memory to UNM Cancer Center Research, 900 Camino de Salud, NE, MSC 084630, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001. French Mortuary, Inc. 10500 Lomas Blvd. NE 505.275.3500 www.frenchmortuary.com
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