Reba L. Newland 1922-2010

JONES, AGEMA, NEWLAND, CHAMBERS

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Date: 7/6/2010 at 09:39:11

Reba L. Newland, 87, a resident of Shady Rest Care Center, Cascade, was called to heaven March 24, 2010. A family celebration of life will be held at a later date, with burial at the Center Baptist Church, Lansing. Goettsch Funeral Home of Monticello is caring for Reba and her family.
Reba L. Agema was born July 8, 1922 in Monroe, WI into the family of Rev. John T. and Mabel V. (Jones) Agema. She attended high school in Augusta, WI, graduating with the Class of 1940. Her high school motto was "I may not be an authority, but I’ll tell the world I have an opinion”. All who knew her know this was true.
During WWII she worked as a secretary in Rochester, MN and Dubuque. In 1948 she married Kenneth L. Newland in Byron, MN. Her father performed the ceremony and the reception was held at the parsonage. Reba and Ken made their home in Waterloo, where Ken was employed by the Illinois Central Railroad. After her children entered school, she returned to work as a secretary at the University of Northern Iowa.
Reba loved choral music and was a member of the Waterloo Mothers Chorus. She had a deep and abiding faith and spent time daily praying and reading the bible. She enjoyed good jokes and was often found in the kitchen making chocolate chip cookies.
Reba and Ken retired to a house along Village Creek between Waukon and Lansing. There they joined the “Ditch in the Bluff Society” and made many fond memories. They were both very involved in the work of the Center Baptist Church.
Ken passed away February 27,1985 and Reba began work with Child Evangelism and then later as a secretary at Emmaus Bible College in Dubuque for 11 years. In 1996, Governor Terry Branstad presented her a Governor’s Volunteer Award. She retired to Monticello in 2001.
She is survived by her four children, Ronald (Sondra) of Monticello, and Jeanne Chambers, Joanne, and Kenneth J. Newland, all of Tucson, AZ; two grandchildren, Michael (Kerry) of Dubuque and Nancy (Brian) Lehman of Ankeny; and five great-granddaughters Cassandra, Alexandria, Olivia, Kennedy and Taylor.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Kenneth; a sister, Jeanne; and her brothers, George, Samuel and John.

Waukon, Iowa newspaper, THE STANDARD, June 2, 2010.

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