Edith Audrey Hamlin Newland

Funeral services for Edith A. Newland, 96, were held Thursday, June 23, 1988, 10:30 a.m. at Russell Funeral Home, Belle Plaine, with the Rev. Don Blanchette, First Congregational Church, officiating. Mrs. Newland, a long-time resident of Belle Plaine, died June 20, 1988, at Beverly Manor Care Center, Belle Plaine.

Musical selections for the service were "In the Garden," "Abide With Me," and "Just a Closer Walk With Thee." Pallbearers were grandsons, Jeffrey Newland, Dr. William Newland, Michael Newland, John Swailes, Don Swailes, and Thomas Swailes. The body was cremated and inurnment will take place in Oak Hill Cemetery, Belle Plaine, at a later date.

Edith A. Newland was born January 24, 1892, in rural Harrison, Nebraska, a daughter of Douglas and Elva Crane Hamlin. On May 14, 1917 she married Dr. Don H. Newland in Cedar Rapids.

In addition to being a homemaker, Mrs. Newland was a graduate of the University of Iowa School of Nursing and was a pioneer in the field of anesthetics. She and the late Dr. Newland were in the medical practice for many years in the Belle Plaine area.

She was a member of the First Congregational Church, the Garden Club, and a long-time member of Hart Memorial Library, all in Belle Plaine.

Survivors include a son, Dr. Don O. Newland; a daughter, Jean (Mrs. Harold) Swailes, Belle Plaine; three sisters, Evlyn Hensley and Claire McAninch, both of Exira; and Maude Kreamer, Florida; six grandsons and eight great-grandchildren.

Preceding her in death was her husband on April 15, 1962, and her parents, five brothers and one sister.
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God hath not promised
Skies always blue,
Flower-strewn pathways
All our lives through;
God hath not promised
Sun without rain,
Joy without sorrow,
Peace without pain.

But God hath promised
Strength for the day,
Rest for the labor,
Light for the way,
Grace for the trials,
Help from above,
Unfailing sympathy
Undying love....