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Frances Lewis, mother of Sydney Lewis, Jr. (Class of 1962) and Andy Lewis (Class of 1963) has died at the age of 103.  Below is her obituary.

Frances Aaronson Lewis, 103, died peacefully in her sleep on January 10, 2026. She was a business entrepreneur, who with her husband Sydney Lewis, who predeceased her, started Best Products Company, a nationwide catalog showroom retailer. The Lewises amassed a large collection of late 20th Century paintings and sculpture which they donated to the Virginia Museum in 1984, along with Art Nouveau and Art Deco furniture and jewelry and Tiffany Lamps. She was a philanthropist and served on many boards, including the Richmond City and Virginia State School Boards.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Lillian Beller Aaronson and Nathaniel Aaronson; her husband, Sydney Lewis; her sister, Helene Fisher; and grandson, David Lewis. Frances is survived by a daughter, Susan Lewis Butler (Dixon) of Washington, D.C.; two sons, Sydney Lewis Jr. of Miami Beach, Florida, and Andrew Marc Lewis (Virginia "Ginny") of Richmond and Lake Worth Beach, Florida; grandchildren; William Lewis Butler, Evora Butler Barren (Glenn), Isaac Dixon Butler (Anne Love), L. Lee Butler, Drew Lewis (Pauline), Kim Usry (Gary Fralin), and Lora Usry; great-grandchildren, Hailey Nicole Brookman (Bobby), Iris Marion Love Butler, Overton Markel Butler, and Kyle Josiah Butler; and great-great grandchild, Lillian Frances Leigh Brookman.

There will be a private funeral followed by a Celebration of Life later in the year.