David Earl Newton: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

David Earl Newton was born on 23 Aug 1937 in Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas; died on 1 Jan 2006 in Idaho; was buried in Rexburg Cemetery, Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho.

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Obituary, as copied from his FindAGrave memorial page created by John Warnke:

Survived by his children, Gail (Shane) Goodwin, Michael (Stevie) Newton, Patrick (Anne) Newton, Linda Newton; siblings, Bobby (Fern) Newton; Tommye Cain; seven grand and a great grandchildren, David Earl Newton, 68, died at the Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg of natural causes.

Born in Hutchinson, Kan., to Robert Earl and Cloy Fannie McClanahan Newton, he attended grades schools in Kansas and Oklahoma, graduating from Powell High School, Class of 1955, in Wyoming.

In Oklahoma City, Okla., he married Stella Christensen Jan. 19, 1957. She died Aug. 18, 2005.

Before going to work for the U.S. Postal Service in Oklahoma City, he owned a service station in Wyoming and one in Oklahoma. In 1964, he moved to northern Wyoming and began working on a drilling rig in the oil industry, where he continued to be employed until his retirement in 1995. At that time he became a caregiver for his wife. Besides watching NASCAR, he enjoyed fishing and woodworking.

His wife, his parents a sister and brother-in-law predeceased David.