1923
June
2011
June Newton
May 18, 1923 — December 13, 2011
Obituary for June Madeline Newton (Nickle)
June Nickle Newton
Keene—June Nickle Newton, 88, passed away December 13, 2011, in Cleburne, Texas. She was born in St. Helena, Calif. on May 18, 1923, to George and Vivian Nickle.
June graduated from Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1947 and became a secretarial science teacher, receiving a M. Ed. Degree from the University of Illinois in 1959.
On February 10, 1958, she married William Newton. Later, they went to Puerto Rico as missionaries for the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He served as a dentist and the first job she was asked to do when they arrived in Puerto Rico was to fill in as acting administrator for the Bella Vista Hospital in Mayaguez until the regular administrator returned from a furlough and extended study leave.
After that, Mrs. Newton resumed teaching and became head of the bilingual secretarial science department of Antillean Union College, also located in Mayaguez.
Upon their return to the United States, they decided to make their home near Keene, Texas. June was a member of the Joshua Seventh-day Adventist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and husband, William Newton in 2009.
June Newton is survived by her sons, James Newton and wife, Diane, of Cleburne, Ronald Newton of Dallas; stepchildren, Jerry Newton and wife, Joyce, of Crestline, CA, Allen Newton and wife, Marilyn, of Cedar Glen, CA, and Rashelle Newton Stirewalt and husband, Dennis, of Camarillo, CA; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; foster sister, Amelia Lopez and husband, Elias; niece, Vivian Seiler and husband, Ricky, along with their two children, all of Suphur, OK.
Keene—June Nickle Newton, 88, passed away December 13, 2011, in Cleburne, Texas. She was born in St. Helena, Calif. on May 18, 1923, to George and Vivian Nickle.
June graduated from Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1947 and became a secretarial science teacher, receiving a M. Ed. Degree from the University of Illinois in 1959.
On February 10, 1958, she married William Newton. Later, they went to Puerto Rico as missionaries for the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He served as a dentist and the first job she was asked to do when they arrived in Puerto Rico was to fill in as acting administrator for the Bella Vista Hospital in Mayaguez until the regular administrator returned from a furlough and extended study leave.
After that, Mrs. Newton resumed teaching and became head of the bilingual secretarial science department of Antillean Union College, also located in Mayaguez.
Upon their return to the United States, they decided to make their home near Keene, Texas. June was a member of the Joshua Seventh-day Adventist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and husband, William Newton in 2009.
June Newton is survived by her sons, James Newton and wife, Diane, of Cleburne, Ronald Newton of Dallas; stepchildren, Jerry Newton and wife, Joyce, of Crestline, CA, Allen Newton and wife, Marilyn, of Cedar Glen, CA, and Rashelle Newton Stirewalt and husband, Dennis, of Camarillo, CA; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; foster sister, Amelia Lopez and husband, Elias; niece, Vivian Seiler and husband, Ricky, along with their two children, all of Suphur, OK.
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