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Sarah Newton, 66, died of cholangiocarcinoma on Monday, December 2, 2024, in Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m., Monday, Dec. 16 at Furlong Funeral Home, Galena. Services will be held Tuesday, Dec. 17, 11 a.m. at the Galena United Methodist Church.
I was born July 16, 1958, in Dubuque, Iowa, the daughter of Jim and Mary Jane (Hinderman) Vincent. I married P. Carter Newton on December 30, 1982. We bought out the local publishers of the Galena Gazette in 1985. I worked with so many wonderful people over the years–it made working a joy, usually. We retired in April 2023.
Becoming an AFS exchange student was the best thing I did. In 1976-77, I lived in Glasgow, Scotland for a year. This experience provided lifelong friends and inspired a lifetime of travel. Over the past 45 years, we have traveled all over the world to visit friends as well as host those friends in our home. Hosting exchange students was especially meaningful. These experiences added purpose and understanding to my life.
My greatest love, of course, was my family. Just as did my mom, I loved when our family would get together from across the country for holidays and special events. I was also close to my sisters and brother, and we had much fun reminiscing about our growing-up years.
I was involved in a lot of great organizations and activities, giving my life purpose and meaning, including the United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, bell choir, teaching Sunday School, Kiwanis, Galena Foundation, Fortnightly, and Highland Community College Servant Leadership.
All-in-all, I had a fun, great, fulfilling life. From hiking in the Azores and ziplining and white water rafting in Chile to catching up with high school friends monthly on Zoom and FaceTiming with my grandkids every day, I have enjoyed life’s great adventures and everyday moments.
I would like for you to remember me as a kind person. No matter what happened in my life, I wanted people to feel good after talking with me and I wanted to be a peacemaker by being kind.
I was preceded in death by my parents; my in-laws L. Paul and Hester Pitts Newton; brother-in-law, Jim Newton; my brother, Bill Vincent; and my sister, Mary Vincent.
Surviving are my husband, Carter; three children, Paul (Kendall) and my darling grandsons Paul Carter Newton III and Colby Walz Newton of Jefferson City, Mo., Jane (Michael) of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Vincent (Emily) of Seattle, Wash.; my son-of-another-mother, Henry Hartfield of Atlanta, Ga; two such devoted sisters, Ruth Jackson of Galena and Martha (Marissa) Vincent of Lindenhurst; one sister-in-law, Ramona Vincent of Apple River; and one brother-in-law, Tom (Toni) Newton of Englewood, Fla.; nieces, Meghan Vincent, Katie Dinschel, and Katie (Norm) Newton; nephews, Tim (Lindsy) Vincent, Mike (Heather) Vincent, Brandon Dinschel, Matt Jackson, Nate (Chelsea) Jackson, Luke (Kelli) Jackson, and Jim (Leah) Newton; and great-nieces and -nephews, Leah, Elyse, Liza, Jack, Cooper, Addy, Iyla, and Eleanor.
Our family would like to thank Janet Ray and Geoff Wells for generously opening their home to us so Sarah could comfortably live out her final days with the support of Haga Hospice. We would also like to thank her medical teams at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics and MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, for their care over the past four-plus years. A gathering will be held from 4 to 7 PM on Monday, December 16, 2024, at the Furlong Funeral Chapel, Galena. The funeral service will begin at 11 AM, on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, at the United Methodist Church, Galena where friends may gather after 10:30 AM until the time of service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Galena United Methodist Church, Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation, and The Galena Foundation.
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