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Rachel Benét Lewis of Watertown, a counselor at Womanplace, a residential treatment center of the Cambridge and Somerville Program for Alcoholism Rehabilitation, died of esophageal cancer Sunday at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She was 58.
Before joining the staff of Womanplace in 1987, Mrs. Lewis worked at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in West Roxbury leading a support group for amputees and patients with spinal cord injuries. She had also been a volunteer at Rosie's Place, a shelter for women, Hope House, a residence for alcoholic men, and the Appleton alcohol treatment center at McLean Hospital, Belmont.
Born in New York, Mrs. Lewis graduated from Radcliffe College in 1953 and received a master's degree in social work at Boston University in 1982.
She leaves two daughters and two sons; a sister, Stephanie Mahin of Mystic, Connecticut; a brother, Thomas Benét of San Francisco; and a granddaughter.
A memorial service will be held on Feb. 24 at 11 a.m. in Memorial Church, Harvard University.
The Boston Globe, Feb. 16, 1990
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Rachel Benét Lewis of Watertown, a counselor at Womanplace, a residential treatment center of the Cambridge and Somerville Program for Alcoholism Rehabilitation, died of esophageal cancer Sunday at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She was 58.
Before joining the staff of Womanplace in 1987, Mrs. Lewis worked at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in West Roxbury leading a support group for amputees and patients with spinal cord injuries. She had also been a volunteer at Rosie's Place, a shelter for women, Hope House, a residence for alcoholic men, and the Appleton alcohol treatment center at McLean Hospital, Belmont.
Born in New York, Mrs. Lewis graduated from Radcliffe College in 1953 and received a master's degree in social work at Boston University in 1982.
She leaves two daughters and two sons; a sister, Stephanie Mahin of Mystic, Connecticut; a brother, Thomas Benét of San Francisco; and a granddaughter.
A memorial service will be held on Feb. 24 at 11 a.m. in Memorial Church, Harvard University.
The Boston Globe, Feb. 16, 1990
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