Mary Grace (Aikin) Newton (1931)

AIKIN, BALLANTINE, BRAMANS, BURGER, LONNECKER, NEWTON

Posted By: Linda Brittain
Date: 10/4/2006 at 19:07:09

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, February 12, 1931
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Death of Mrs. C. L. Newton

Mrs. Cady L. Newton died at the Winterset hospital, Sunday, February 8th, after a short
illness. Mrs. Newton who was 42 years of age, had been ill with the flu, for a few days, at her home at the west edge of Winterset. An abscess formed on her side, however, and she became much worse, Saturday night. She was taken to the local hospital, and a specialist from Des Moines, was called to operate. A blood clot had formed however, and she died about 6:30 o’clock Sunday evening.

Mary Grace Newton was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Akin, and spent almost her entire life in this county. She was born in Webster township, February 19, 1889. On February 10, 1909, she was married to Cady L. Newton, and they were the parents of four sons, who with the father survive her: Kenneth, Donald, Paul and Phillip. She also leaves her father and mother, and three brothers and five sisters: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Aikin and sons, Gilbert of Van Meter, Ray of Winterset, and Emory of Des Moines; May Ballantine of Van Meter; Mrs. C. A. Lonnecker of Winterset; Jessie Bramans of Lorimor, Fay Burger of Waukee and Opal Burger of Van Meter.

Mrs. Newton was a member of the Methodist church, and the Rev. A. P. Keast, pastor of the church, conducted her funeral services, Tuesday afternoon, February 10th, at 2 o’clock, and burial was made in the Winterset cemetery. Tuesday was the 22nd wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Newton. More particulars of her life may be found in the mortuary column.
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Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, February 12, 1931
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MORTUARY

Mary Grace Akin

Mary Grace Akin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Akin, was born February 19, 1889, in Webster township, Madison County, Iowa, and departed this life February 8, 1931, after a brief illness, being 42 years, eleven months and twenty days old.
Twenty-two years ago, February 10, 1909, she was united in marriage to Cady L. Newton, and to this union was born four sons, Kenneth, Donald, Paul, and Phillip. Others who survive are her father, mother, 5 sisters and 3 brothers, besides a host of relatives and friends. Her death is the first in the family. Her entire life with the exception of a few months that her family resided in South Dakota while she was a baby, was spent in Madison county.

When she was 14 years old she accepted Christ as her Savior and was baptized into the Congregational church in Monroe township.

A few years ago she moved her membership to the Methodist church in Winterset.

During her illness she expressed her faith in Christ.

She loved her home and was best satisfied there, doing for her family. She was always cheerful and generally sang at her work.

She loved flowers and the beautiful orderly things in life, and though tired, and worn she would still have a smile for everyone.

She will be sorely missed in her home and her community and our only comfort is God in his wisdom knoweth best.
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Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, February 19, 1931

Many Attend Mrs. C. L. Newton’s Funeral
A number of friends and relatives were here Tuesday, February 10th, to attend the funeral services of Mrs. C. L. Newton, held at the Methodist church. Included in this group were Mr. and Mrs. Sid Sherman, Mrs. Addie Douglas, and Mrs. Logan Olinger of Maxwell, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gamble of Nevada, Miss Flora Harris, Mrs. Ella Blohm, and son Claude and daughter, Mrs. Maude Lathrum, Miss Kate Beeler and Franklin Gardner of Des Moines, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bell of Atlantic; Mrs. George Blohm and daughter, Martha and son, Will, and Mr. and Mrs. Ira Cox and Mr. and Mrs. Neal of Dexter. A group of students at the Iowa State College at Ames, who were friends of Kenneth Newton, also drove down. These were Dare Jay, Garrish Sewerson, Ronald and Donald Hughes, Peter Cunningham Jr., and Wilbur Callison. Mrs. Graves, the house mother, at Kenneth’s fraternity house, accompanied them here.
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Coordinator's note: Maiden surname is "Aikin" per parents gravestone.

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