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Mary Helen <I>Gentry</I> Newton

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Mary Helen Gentry Newton

Birth
Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
17 Apr 2014 (aged 93)
Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Services for Mary Helen Newton, 93, of Ada, formerly of Duncan are 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Dr. Scott Fenton will officiate. A Committal Service will be 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Duncan Municipal Cemetery in Duncan.

Mrs. Newton died Thursday, April 17, 2014 at her home. She was born July 3, 1920 in Duncan, Oklahoma to Arthur Leymore and Myrtis Birch Gentry. She graduated from Duncan High School and attended business college.

She married Leland Newton on October 10, 1981. Mrs. Newton had been employed with the USDA Soil Conservation Service, the General Motors Company in Oklahoma City and later, Todd Construction Company in Ada. She was also a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Leland Newton, of the home; two daughters, Barbara Fischer and her husband Gary of Denton, TX, and Judy Fenton and her husband Scott of Plano, TX; a sister, Dorothy Jean Eldridge of Shreveport, LA; and her grandchildren, Matthew Fischer and wife Lauren, John Fischer and wife Julie, Jessica Fenton, Jason Fenton and Seth Fenton; and two great grandchildren, Caleb Fischer and Grant Fischer.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, James Gentry; and a sister, Marie Sanders.

Bearers will be John Fischer, Matt Fischer, Jason Fenton, Seth Fenton, Gary Fischer, and Scott Fenton.
Services for Mary Helen Newton, 93, of Ada, formerly of Duncan are 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Dr. Scott Fenton will officiate. A Committal Service will be 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Duncan Municipal Cemetery in Duncan.

Mrs. Newton died Thursday, April 17, 2014 at her home. She was born July 3, 1920 in Duncan, Oklahoma to Arthur Leymore and Myrtis Birch Gentry. She graduated from Duncan High School and attended business college.

She married Leland Newton on October 10, 1981. Mrs. Newton had been employed with the USDA Soil Conservation Service, the General Motors Company in Oklahoma City and later, Todd Construction Company in Ada. She was also a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Leland Newton, of the home; two daughters, Barbara Fischer and her husband Gary of Denton, TX, and Judy Fenton and her husband Scott of Plano, TX; a sister, Dorothy Jean Eldridge of Shreveport, LA; and her grandchildren, Matthew Fischer and wife Lauren, John Fischer and wife Julie, Jessica Fenton, Jason Fenton and Seth Fenton; and two great grandchildren, Caleb Fischer and Grant Fischer.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, James Gentry; and a sister, Marie Sanders.

Bearers will be John Fischer, Matt Fischer, Jason Fenton, Seth Fenton, Gary Fischer, and Scott Fenton.


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  • Added: Apr 19, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128206517/mary_helen-newton: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Helen Gentry Newton (3 Jul 1920–17 Apr 2014), Find a Grave Memorial ID 128206517, citing Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by JoyB (contributor 48035336).