Funeral services for Mr. Newton were held Sunday, June 12, at Bramer's funeral home in Brooklyn at 2:30 p.m. The Rev. Paul K. Figge officiated at the service. Miss Thursia Manatt provided organ music.
Pallbearers included Delmar and Carl Carter, Harold and Delmar Ford, Charles Edelen and John Patten. Burial was in the I.O.O.F. cemetery here.
Leo Wilbert Newton, son of Charles and Carrie Newton, was born at Brooklyn January 10, 1902. His boyhood days were spent here. He was baptized in the faith of the Brethren church which was located in South Brooklyn.
March 10, 1922 he married Myrtle Marie Smith. The couple had three children, Alice, Wayne and Leota Mae.
For 28 years he was a dragline operator and for the past three years he was employed by Carl Carter.
He was a member of the Knights of Pythias of Brooklyn.
In addition to the three children he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Carrie Newton of Brooklyn; three brothers and four sisters. His brothers are: Ray of Brooklyn; Sylvester of Bremen, Ky.; Herbert of Delpaso Heights, alif. His sisters are: Mrs. Hazel Warfel, Mrs. Theodosia Kriegel and Dorothy, all of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Daisy Stevens of Victor. He is also survived by a grandson, Wilbert Allen Anderson, and many nieces and nephews.
Mr. Newton was preceded in death by his father, his brothers, Clarence, Cleo, and Homer, and three sisters, Pearl, Ella and Mabel
Source: http://iagenweb.org/boards/poweshiek/obituaries/
Funeral services for Mr. Newton were held Sunday, June 12, at Bramer's funeral home in Brooklyn at 2:30 p.m. The Rev. Paul K. Figge officiated at the service. Miss Thursia Manatt provided organ music.
Pallbearers included Delmar and Carl Carter, Harold and Delmar Ford, Charles Edelen and John Patten. Burial was in the I.O.O.F. cemetery here.
Leo Wilbert Newton, son of Charles and Carrie Newton, was born at Brooklyn January 10, 1902. His boyhood days were spent here. He was baptized in the faith of the Brethren church which was located in South Brooklyn.
March 10, 1922 he married Myrtle Marie Smith. The couple had three children, Alice, Wayne and Leota Mae.
For 28 years he was a dragline operator and for the past three years he was employed by Carl Carter.
He was a member of the Knights of Pythias of Brooklyn.
In addition to the three children he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Carrie Newton of Brooklyn; three brothers and four sisters. His brothers are: Ray of Brooklyn; Sylvester of Bremen, Ky.; Herbert of Delpaso Heights, alif. His sisters are: Mrs. Hazel Warfel, Mrs. Theodosia Kriegel and Dorothy, all of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Daisy Stevens of Victor. He is also survived by a grandson, Wilbert Allen Anderson, and many nieces and nephews.
Mr. Newton was preceded in death by his father, his brothers, Clarence, Cleo, and Homer, and three sisters, Pearl, Ella and Mabel
Source: http://iagenweb.org/boards/poweshiek/obituaries/
Family Members
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Hazel Elvina Newton Warfel
1894–1958
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Mabel E. Newton
1899–1901
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Clarence Newton
1901–1901
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Cleo Delbert Newton
1902–1944
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Homer Elmo Newton
1903–1947
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Daisy Alvera Newton Stevens
1905–2001
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Sylvester E. Newton
1908–1962
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Theodosia Arlene "Dovey" Newton Kriegel
1911–1966
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Raymond Charles "Ray" Newton
1913–1951
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Dorothy V. Newton
1915–1953
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