Former Rep. Jerry Lewis, who served the High Desert and other communities for nearly 50 years, dies at 86
Victorville Daily Press
Jerry Lewis the longtime Southern California Republican who served the High Desert and other locales for more than four decades in increasingly influential roles, and who chaired the House Appropriations Committee in the mid-2000s has died. He was 86.
Lewis’ brother, John, told the Daily Press that Jerry Lewis died at his home in Redlands. The late politician’s housekeeper found him on the floor of his bedroom sometime after 10 a.m. Thursday, John Lewis said. The official cause of death is not yet known.
Eleanor “Loni” Esther Cosmos of South Lake Tahoe died on Thursday April 1, 2021 after a year and a half quarantine from a staph infection, compounded with a heart condition. She is survived by her sons, Louis and Joseph Cosmos, her sister Graciela Fleming brother-in-law George Fleming, and sister-in-law Angie Silva, as well as dozens of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by the love of her life, her husband, Milton Cosmos, brothers Manuel Silva, Armando Silva, Carlos Silva, Joe Guerra, and sisters Madeline “Nena” Garcia and Maria “Stella” Serrano.
Loni came from humble beginnings, born in Fontana CA, on a pig farm, and growing up as a summer laborer picking fruit. She would move on and graduate from San Bernardino High School in 1956, to become a secretary eventually working for the State of California Attorney General’s Office as a legal secretary to a team of lawyers for decades. After retirement she spent some time working locally at the Women Infants and
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