ASTORIA — Dr. Gwendolyn G. Newton, 88, of Chinook and Oysterville, died Dec. 23, 2010. She was born Oct. 4, 1922, at the family home on the line between Floyd and Mitchell counties in north central Iowa, to Harold and Margaret Newton.
A child of the Great Depression, she never forgot its lessons: "Wherever possible, avoid debt; repeat small profits." An entrepreneur at an early age, she shared a newspaper route with her older brother Gordon, sold the Saturday Evening Post door-to-door, and sold handmade neckties to patrons of the local tavern, where she had a captive audience.
Graduating from high school in Fort Dodge, Iowa, she left home for Michael Reese School of Nursing in Chicago. She received her registered nurse credentials in 1945 and joined the U. S. Public Health Service. She was commissioned by the Army as a Second Lieutenant and sent overseas to serve first with the United Nations Rehabilitation and Relief Administration in Yugoslavia and later at the 182nd Station, the 45th General, and the 17th General hospitals in Naples, Italy.
Following the war she worked at the Marine Hospital on Staten Island, N.Y., then joined several friends to work at the Queen's Hospital in Honolulu. She took her pre-med studies at the University of Hawaii.
In 1950 she returned stateside to Washington University in St. Louis where, courtesy of the G.I. Bill, she earned her MD. She received her board certification in pediatrics and, in 1955, joined a private practice in Barrington, Ill. Later she joined a practice in Minot, N.D. In between, she owned Riverside Antiques in Lake of the Woods, Minn.
In the late 1970s she came west to Salem, Ore., to serve Oregon's profoundly mentally retarded youngsters at the Fairview Training Center. She retired in 1987, buying the W. D. Taylor house in Oysterville. There she helped local artist and author Nancy Lloyd start the screen printing and publishing business, Oysterville Hand Print LLC.
In retirement she traveled the western U.S. in a succession of charming small RVs. She had friends everywhere it seemed, and remote was the museum that she hadn't inspected and approved. She even helped design and install Nahcotta's Willapa Bay Interpretive Center.
Survivors include her brother, Gordon W. Newton of Osage, Iowa, and his descendants; a host of friends; and her business partner, housemate and verbal sparring partner, Nancy Lloyd.
A memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 15 at the Oysterville Church. Because she dearly loved cats, donations are suggested to the South Pacific County Humane Society, P.O. Box 101, Long Beach, WA 98631, or to a charity of the donor's choice. Her guest book is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Source: Chinookobserver.com, newspaper Tuesday January 11, 2011
A child of the Great Depression, she never forgot its lessons: "Wherever possible, avoid debt; repeat small profits." An entrepreneur at an early age, she shared a newspaper route with her older brother Gordon, sold the Saturday Evening Post door-to-door, and sold handmade neckties to patrons of the local tavern, where she had a captive audience.
Graduating from high school in Fort Dodge, Iowa, she left home for Michael Reese School of Nursing in Chicago. She received her registered nurse credentials in 1945 and joined the U. S. Public Health Service. She was commissioned by the Army as a Second Lieutenant and sent overseas to serve first with the United Nations Rehabilitation and Relief Administration in Yugoslavia and later at the 182nd Station, the 45th General, and the 17th General hospitals in Naples, Italy.
Following the war she worked at the Marine Hospital on Staten Island, N.Y., then joined several friends to work at the Queen's Hospital in Honolulu. She took her pre-med studies at the University of Hawaii.
In 1950 she returned stateside to Washington University in St. Louis where, courtesy of the G.I. Bill, she earned her MD. She received her board certification in pediatrics and, in 1955, joined a private practice in Barrington, Ill. Later she joined a practice in Minot, N.D. In between, she owned Riverside Antiques in Lake of the Woods, Minn.
In the late 1970s she came west to Salem, Ore., to serve Oregon's profoundly mentally retarded youngsters at the Fairview Training Center. She retired in 1987, buying the W. D. Taylor house in Oysterville. There she helped local artist and author Nancy Lloyd start the screen printing and publishing business, Oysterville Hand Print LLC.
In retirement she traveled the western U.S. in a succession of charming small RVs. She had friends everywhere it seemed, and remote was the museum that she hadn't inspected and approved. She even helped design and install Nahcotta's Willapa Bay Interpretive Center.
Survivors include her brother, Gordon W. Newton of Osage, Iowa, and his descendants; a host of friends; and her business partner, housemate and verbal sparring partner, Nancy Lloyd.
A memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 15 at the Oysterville Church. Because she dearly loved cats, donations are suggested to the South Pacific County Humane Society, P.O. Box 101, Long Beach, WA 98631, or to a charity of the donor's choice. Her guest book is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Source: Chinookobserver.com, newspaper Tuesday January 11, 2011
ASTORIA — Dr. Gwendolyn G. Newton, 88, of Chinook and Oysterville, died Dec. 23, 2010. She was born Oct. 4, 1922, at the family home on the line between Floyd and Mitchell counties in north central Iowa, to Harold and Margaret Newton.
A child of the Great Depression, she never forgot its lessons: "Wherever possible, avoid debt; repeat small profits." An entrepreneur at an early age, she shared a newspaper route with her older brother Gordon, sold the Saturday Evening Post door-to-door, and sold handmade neckties to patrons of the local tavern, where she had a captive audience.
Graduating from high school in Fort Dodge, Iowa, she left home for Michael Reese School of Nursing in Chicago. She received her registered nurse credentials in 1945 and joined the U. S. Public Health Service. She was commissioned by the Army as a Second Lieutenant and sent overseas to serve first with the United Nations Rehabilitation and Relief Administration in Yugoslavia and later at the 182nd Station, the 45th General, and the 17th General hospitals in Naples, Italy.
Following the war she worked at the Marine Hospital on Staten Island, N.Y., then joined several friends to work at the Queen's Hospital in Honolulu. She took her pre-med studies at the University of Hawaii.
In 1950 she returned stateside to Washington University in St. Louis where, courtesy of the G.I. Bill, she earned her MD. She received her board certification in pediatrics and, in 1955, joined a private practice in Barrington, Ill. Later she joined a practice in Minot, N.D. In between, she owned Riverside Antiques in Lake of the Woods, Minn.
In the late 1970s she came west to Salem, Ore., to serve Oregon's profoundly mentally retarded youngsters at the Fairview Training Center. She retired in 1987, buying the W. D. Taylor house in Oysterville. There she helped local artist and author Nancy Lloyd start the screen printing and publishing business, Oysterville Hand Print LLC.
In retirement she traveled the western U.S. in a succession of charming small RVs. She had friends everywhere it seemed, and remote was the museum that she hadn't inspected and approved. She even helped design and install Nahcotta's Willapa Bay Interpretive Center.
Survivors include her brother, Gordon W. Newton of Osage, Iowa, and his descendants; a host of friends; and her business partner, housemate and verbal sparring partner, Nancy Lloyd.
A memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 15 at the Oysterville Church. Because she dearly loved cats, donations are suggested to the South Pacific County Humane Society, P.O. Box 101, Long Beach, WA 98631, or to a charity of the donor's choice. Her guest book is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Source: Chinookobserver.com, newspaper Tuesday January 11, 2011
A child of the Great Depression, she never forgot its lessons: "Wherever possible, avoid debt; repeat small profits." An entrepreneur at an early age, she shared a newspaper route with her older brother Gordon, sold the Saturday Evening Post door-to-door, and sold handmade neckties to patrons of the local tavern, where she had a captive audience.
Graduating from high school in Fort Dodge, Iowa, she left home for Michael Reese School of Nursing in Chicago. She received her registered nurse credentials in 1945 and joined the U. S. Public Health Service. She was commissioned by the Army as a Second Lieutenant and sent overseas to serve first with the United Nations Rehabilitation and Relief Administration in Yugoslavia and later at the 182nd Station, the 45th General, and the 17th General hospitals in Naples, Italy.
Following the war she worked at the Marine Hospital on Staten Island, N.Y., then joined several friends to work at the Queen's Hospital in Honolulu. She took her pre-med studies at the University of Hawaii.
In 1950 she returned stateside to Washington University in St. Louis where, courtesy of the G.I. Bill, she earned her MD. She received her board certification in pediatrics and, in 1955, joined a private practice in Barrington, Ill. Later she joined a practice in Minot, N.D. In between, she owned Riverside Antiques in Lake of the Woods, Minn.
In the late 1970s she came west to Salem, Ore., to serve Oregon's profoundly mentally retarded youngsters at the Fairview Training Center. She retired in 1987, buying the W. D. Taylor house in Oysterville. There she helped local artist and author Nancy Lloyd start the screen printing and publishing business, Oysterville Hand Print LLC.
In retirement she traveled the western U.S. in a succession of charming small RVs. She had friends everywhere it seemed, and remote was the museum that she hadn't inspected and approved. She even helped design and install Nahcotta's Willapa Bay Interpretive Center.
Survivors include her brother, Gordon W. Newton of Osage, Iowa, and his descendants; a host of friends; and her business partner, housemate and verbal sparring partner, Nancy Lloyd.
A memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 15 at the Oysterville Church. Because she dearly loved cats, donations are suggested to the South Pacific County Humane Society, P.O. Box 101, Long Beach, WA 98631, or to a charity of the donor's choice. Her guest book is available at www.penttilaschapel.com.
Source: Chinookobserver.com, newspaper Tuesday January 11, 2011
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