Lewis B. Merrifield, Ill was born October 22, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and passed away July 13, 2007.

He attended Yale and graduated from UCLA, going on to earn a law degree from USC in 1966, where he was a Phi Delta Phi and graduated as a Law Alumni Award Scholar with the highest scholastic average in his class and was a member of the Order of the Cois. A clerk to Supreme Court Justice William 0. Douglas for the 1966-67 term, an attorney and, until 1990, CEO of Pic 'N' Save Corporation, he was a loving father to Lewis B. Merrifield, I V, Kathryn Boccardi, Warren Merrifield, Natalie Baldridge, and Nicholas Merrifield, and grandfather to six.

He will be remembered for his laughter, his good humor and his endless fascination with the world of ideas.

Services will be held Friday, July 27th at 10a.m. at Good Shepherd Catholic Church, 505 North Bedford Drive, Beverly Hills.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Tower Cancer Research Foundation at www.towercancerfoundation.org or City of Hope at www.cityofhope.org”