This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Laws, Clem, Spears Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QAw.2ACIB/750 Message Board Post: Albuquerque Journal Albuquerque, NM October 4, 2001 LEWIS L. LAWS , 84, of Albuquerque and formerly of Española, died Wednesday in Albuquerque. He was one of nine children and in 1932 at age 15 he moved to Santa Fe from Oklahoma to live with relatives and friends. While there he worked at the local Safeway. He met and married Florence in Santa Fe. His uncle Eldridge convinced him to go into the sewing machine business and he peddled sewing machines throughout New Mexico and Arizona. At a later time he and his wife Florence opened up a Singer Sewing Machine Shop in Prescott, Ariz., and lived there until World War II at which time they moved back to New Mexico. They purchased the Fairview properties. He joined the Navy and served in the Philippines during WWII. After the war Lewis returned to Española and purchased the Globe Furniture Store and a motel, and his wife continued to run a beauty shop. In the early 1960s they semi-retired and moved the furniture store to Arroyo Seco and renamed it the Arroyo Seco Furniture Store. In Arroyo Seco he also purchased and developed land. They remained there until they moved to Albuquerque in the 1990s for health reasons. He was preceded in death by his wife, Florence; and children John and Alice. He is survived by his son, Bruce Laws and wife Fran of Albuquerque; grandchildren Timothy, Holly and Serena, all of Clinton, N.Y.; sister, Mattie Clem of Oklahoma;, and daughter-in-law, Heather Spears. Funeral services at 1 p.m. Friday at Block-Salazar Mortuary in Española. Burial will follow at the Santa Fe National Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be sent to the American Cancer Society, 5800 Lomas NE, Albuquerque, N.M. 87110. Block-Salazar Mortuary, Española.