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Newton Robert Apple

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Newton Robert Apple

Birth
Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois, USA
Death
17 Aug 1924 (aged 75)
Clarinda, Page County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Clarinda, Page County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Clarinda Herald (Clarinda, Iowa), Thursday, August 21, 1924, p. 8
Newton Robert Apple – Newton Robert Apple was born in Leweston [Lewistown], Illinois, March 17, 1849, died at his home in Clarinda, Iowa, August 17, 1924, being at the time of his death 75 years and 5 months old. He was the oldest child of a family of 9 children of Amos and Eliza Apple, who were pioneers of Page County.
He came to Page County in the year 1869 and was married to Lucy Miller on September 23, 1875. Besides his wife he leaves three children, Mrs. Gertrude Fulmer of Oakland, California, W. M. Apple of Red Oak, Iowa and Mrs. Ruby Killingsworth of Clarinda, Iowa, and five grandchildren and two brothers and two sisters.
He was a man of sterling qualities, having served as agent for the Green Bay Lumber Company at Yorktown, Iowa for 37 years, retiring only 4 years ago. The greater part of his life was spent in the interest of this company and he was always found faithful to his trust, courteous to all he met, a kind and loving husband and father, a stanch friend and a just man.
Funeral services were held from the home Tuesday afternoon, August 19, with Dr. A. T. Bishop, pastor of the Methodist Church officiating. Interment was in Clarinda cemetery.
Contributor: Julia Johnson (47176433) • [email protected])
Clarinda Herald (Clarinda, Iowa), Thursday, August 21, 1924, p. 8
Newton Robert Apple – Newton Robert Apple was born in Leweston [Lewistown], Illinois, March 17, 1849, died at his home in Clarinda, Iowa, August 17, 1924, being at the time of his death 75 years and 5 months old. He was the oldest child of a family of 9 children of Amos and Eliza Apple, who were pioneers of Page County.
He came to Page County in the year 1869 and was married to Lucy Miller on September 23, 1875. Besides his wife he leaves three children, Mrs. Gertrude Fulmer of Oakland, California, W. M. Apple of Red Oak, Iowa and Mrs. Ruby Killingsworth of Clarinda, Iowa, and five grandchildren and two brothers and two sisters.
He was a man of sterling qualities, having served as agent for the Green Bay Lumber Company at Yorktown, Iowa for 37 years, retiring only 4 years ago. The greater part of his life was spent in the interest of this company and he was always found faithful to his trust, courteous to all he met, a kind and loving husband and father, a stanch friend and a just man.
Funeral services were held from the home Tuesday afternoon, August 19, with Dr. A. T. Bishop, pastor of the Methodist Church officiating. Interment was in Clarinda cemetery.
Contributor: Julia Johnson (47176433) • [email protected])


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