Cheryl Lewis, 68

Cheryl O. Lewis of East Hampton, who was born at Southampton Hospital, worked there as a nurse’s aide, and died there on Sept. 3, was a woman of deep faith, her sister, Gail Harris, said this week, always keeping a Bible with her. “There is nothing too hard for God,” she would often say. Ms. Lewis, who was eventually forced to retire because of a disability, had been in poor health for some time, Ms. Harris said. She was 68.

Born on June 2, 1949, to Clarence Lewis and the former Margaret Wallace, she grew up in the family home on Oakview Highway and graduated from East Hampton High School in 1967. All her life, she attended church services in East Hampton. She was 8 when services at St. Matthew’s Chapel on Three Mile Harbor Road ended for good, and recalled walking afterward to the newly built Calvary Baptist Church. She remained a member of Calvary Baptist, where her funeral was held on Saturday, for the rest of her life.

Ms. Lewis was taught as a child to lend a hand to others in need, her sister said. Her parents kept a welcoming household, with big family dinners and neighbors always dropping by. The house would fill with people who lived and worked at the Smith Meal Factory at Promised Land when the low-lying section of Amagansett was evacuated for hurricanes, Ms. Harris said.

Later, she said, their extended family would joke about Ms. Lewis’s willingness to be of service to those in need. “Go to East Hampton. Look for Cheryl. She will help you,” they would say.

Among those she helped, said her sister, was Aaron Petty, whom she raised as if he were her son.

“She had a sense of humor. She loved to laugh,” Ms. Harris said. Ms. Lewis was a great cook, she said, turning out perfect cakes without cracking a recipe book. When someone came home from military service, said her sister, she would be there with a platter of her signature sugar cookies baked at her house on Three Mile Harbor Road, around the corner from where she grew up.

As her health failed, many friends, including some whom she had helped, came in turn to help her. Her brother-in-law Bill Harris often drove from Central Islip if something needed fixing. Rich Burns, the East Hampton High School superintendent, would check in, as did Irene Johnson, who would visit when she was recovering from her illnesses.

In addition to Ms. Harris, Ms. Lewis is survived by a brother, John Lewis of East Hampton. Her siblings Joan Lewis and Clarence Lewis Jr. died before her.