Eirlys E. Lewis, 72 died Wednesday at her home in Philadelphia, PA. 

Born in Aberdare, South Wales, she was the daughter of the late Ivor O. Evans and Elizabeth (nee Miles) Jones.

She was a Legal Secretary, employed by Harris Silverman in Philadelphia prior to her retirement in 2000.

Mrs. Lewis was a member of Welsh Society of Philadelphia where she served as a member of the Board of Stewards and was the recipient of the Robert Morris Award, Cambrian Society of the Delaware Valley where she was a Past President. She was a distinguished soprano soloist and performed with the Northeast Oratorical Society of Philadelphia for over 30 years and in the chorus of the Lyric and Grand Opera Company of Philadelphia.  She was a member of St. Michael the Arc angel Anglican Church in Bala Cynwyd, Pa.

She is survived by her beloved Husband William F. Lewis, she was the devoted mother of Gethin D. Lewis and his wife Susan of Philadelphia, PA. and Megan L. Phillips and her husband Brian of North Wales, PA also survived by her sister  Audrey E. Patch of Warrington, PA. 

Relatives and friends may call Sunday from 6:00 to 8:00 PM and Monday 9:30 to 10:30 AM at the Anton B. Urban Funeral Home, 1111 S. Bethlehem Pike, Ambler, and Requiem Eucharist at 11:00 AM in Trinity Episcopal Church, Ambler.  Interment will be in Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Prospectville. 

Remembrances in her name to The Welsh Society of Philadelphia, P.O. Box 7287, Saint David’s, Pa. 19087-7287 would be appreciated by the family.