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Karl
William Newton Sr. "Fig"
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[August 29, 2022]
BEASON
- Karl William Newton Sr. "Fig", 87, of Beason, passed away
Friday, August, 26, 2022, at home surrounded by his loving family. |
Visitation:
10 AM until 12 Noon Thursday, September 1, 2022, at
Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home
Service:
Noon Thursday at the funeral home
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Karl William Newton Sr. "Fig", 87,
of Beason, passed away Friday, August, 26, 2022, at
home surrounded by his loving family.
Visitation will be from 10 AM until 12 Noon
Thursday, September 1, 2022, at Holland Barry &
Bennett Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow
at 12 Noon with Pastor Walter Smith officiating.
Burial will be in New Union Cemetery.
Karl was born August 19, 1935, in Lincoln, IL., the
son of George Lincoln Newton and Irma Eileen
(Newhouse) Newton. He married Donna Barker on
October 18, 1958, in Lincoln, IL. He was a salesman
and eventually retired from the State of Illinois.
Karl was a deacon at Lincoln Christian Church. He
was a Lincoln Park District Board Member as well as
a Chester East Lincoln School Board Member. Karl
coached little league for several years. He was a
member of the Class A State Champion Fastpitch
Softball Team "The Road Runners" in 1969. |
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Survivors include his wife, Donna Newton; 4 sons: Karl William
Newton Jr. (Sherry), Leonard Eugene Newton (Renee), Phillip Dale Newton, and
Quent Adam Newton (Sherri); 6 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; brother
James Martin Newton, Sister Georgia Kay Newton; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded by his parents, brother Leonard Ray Newton, granddaughter Ashley
Elizabeth (Newton) Colebar, sister-in-law Kay Newton, and niece Bronwyn Newton.
Memorial donations may be made to the Harvest of Talents for World Hunger and
will be accepted at the funeral home.
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