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Winifred Combs Newton
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Winifred Combs Newton, 86, of Olney, Ill., died at 1:04 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, at Burgin Manor in Olney. She was formerly from Alpha; Urbana, Ill.; Columbia, S.C.; and Olive Branch, Miss. Cremation rites were accorded. A memorial service will be held in June 2013 at the Fuson Family Reunion in Wynoose, Ill. Burial will be at a later date at Liberty Cemetery in Wakefield, Ill. Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Olney is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Newton was born Feb. 5, 1926, in Olney, the daughter of Lloyd and Ina Fuson Combs. She married W. Morgan Newton in Urbana, Ill., on Jan. 22, 1949. He preceded her in death in 1987. She graduated from Olney Township High School in 1942, and from University of Illinois in 1947. She helped her husband with his practice of veterinary medicine and was a mother and homemaker. She was of the Methodist faith. Mrs. Newton is survived by her son, William Newton, South Haven, Miss.; daughter, Martha Jean Newton-Yoho, Leroy, Kan.; sister, Marjorie Zerkle, Olney; brothers, Gerald F. Combs, Hattiesburg, Miss., and Marion "Bill" Combs, Olney; sisters-in-law, Mary Newton, Coal Valley, and Cathy Combs, Olney; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lloyd and Ina Combs; and her husband, Dr. W. Morgan Newton. Condolences may be made at www.summers-kistler.com. 
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Today is Sunday, May 19, the 139th day of 2013. There are 226 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The Rt. Rev. Harry I. Witherspoon, D.D. Bishop of Illinois, willpreach in Trinity (Episcopal) Church, in this city this evening.
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1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of South Rock Island township are circulating a petitionfavoring the annexation of that area to the city of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Mrs. Thomas Ackles, of Rock Island, has been elected president ofthe Playcrafters for the next season. She succeeds Warren Leonard.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Some 8,000 people filed through the gates of Rock Island Arsenal on Saturday to view a display of a part of the nation's armed strength. The occasion was theannual observance of Armed Forces Day.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Willis Kuschmann, of Moline, who already has won his laurels as oneof the most artistic men in the Quad-Cities area, has a new hobby. He is deeply involvedin miniature railroading. At the age of 88, when many other seniors are dozing in theirchairs or sitting before the television, Mr. Kuschmann is planning and working on hiscollection.
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