Her Last Wish, Their Yearly Home

Her Last Wish, Their Yearly Home

LEWIS COUNTY, Mo. — Just off Highway C near Ewing, where timber gives way to fields and gravel crunches under tired boots, a hunting lodge stands twenty steps above a wide garage—what the soldiers affectionately call the Hilton of hunting camps. Five bedrooms, one bathroom, and all the comforts of an outfitter’s dream. The lodge is loaded with military memorabilia collected over the years—each piece a story, a thank you, or a reminder of the dee…