MARY HELEN NEWTON

ADA-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 L. 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.

Obituaries may be viewed and online condolences sent to criswellfh.com.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada