Zona Eileen Newman (Michael)
December 24, 1911 — November 19, 2009
Z. Eileen Newman, 97, died Thursday, November 19, 2009, at Rock Ridge Residential Care Center in Shellsburg. Services: 10:00 a.m., Saturday, November 28, 2009 at Alburnett United Methodist Church, by Rev. H. Burr Bryant. The family will greet friends one hour before the service at the church. Burial: Troy Mills Cemetery, Troy Mills, Iowa.
Survivors include her daughter, Juanita “Nita Rae” (Bob) Womack, Centennial, Colorado; 3 grandchildren, David (Holly), W. Dan (Pam) and Eric (Jackie); 5 great-grandchildren, James Daris, Madison Eileen, Nolan R, Alec Jonathon, and Jennsen Marie; a sister, Betty Cole, Idyllwild, California and many nieces and nephews, including Harry G. (Helen) Powell, Jr., Troy Mills and Necia Powell Hasbrook, Salem, Oregon.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Daris; a sister, Oma Powell and a niece, Ardys Powell Zimpfer.
Eileen was born December 24, 1911, to Ryal Wylde and Myrtie Bea (Howe) Michael, in Troy Mills, Iowa. She graduated as valedictorian from Walker High School in 1930. After a summer session at Iowa State Teacher’s College in Cedar Falls, she taught in Linn County country schools for six years. She married Daris D. Newman July 26, 1935, in Michigan. He died October 26, 1995. She was a charter member of the Alburnett Book Exchange Club (1941) and the Alburnett Garden Club (1961) and was a member of Tuesday Club, Seniors Luncheon Club, Tuesday Breakfast Club, Alburnett Community Historical Society, Alburnett U.M.W., and the Alburnett United Methodist Church.
The family would like to thank the Rock Ridge staff and the Hospice of Mercy staff and volunteers for their loving care.
In lieu of flowers, memorial tributes may be made to the Alburnett Community Historical Society, 106 S. Main St., Alburnett, IA 52202, or the Hospice of Mercy, 315 18th Ave., Hiawatha, IA 52233.
Survivors include her daughter, Juanita “Nita Rae” (Bob) Womack, Centennial, Colorado; 3 grandchildren, David (Holly), W. Dan (Pam) and Eric (Jackie); 5 great-grandchildren, James Daris, Madison Eileen, Nolan R, Alec Jonathon, and Jennsen Marie; a sister, Betty Cole, Idyllwild, California and many nieces and nephews, including Harry G. (Helen) Powell, Jr., Troy Mills and Necia Powell Hasbrook, Salem, Oregon.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Daris; a sister, Oma Powell and a niece, Ardys Powell Zimpfer.
Eileen was born December 24, 1911, to Ryal Wylde and Myrtie Bea (Howe) Michael, in Troy Mills, Iowa. She graduated as valedictorian from Walker High School in 1930. After a summer session at Iowa State Teacher’s College in Cedar Falls, she taught in Linn County country schools for six years. She married Daris D. Newman July 26, 1935, in Michigan. He died October 26, 1995. She was a charter member of the Alburnett Book Exchange Club (1941) and the Alburnett Garden Club (1961) and was a member of Tuesday Club, Seniors Luncheon Club, Tuesday Breakfast Club, Alburnett Community Historical Society, Alburnett U.M.W., and the Alburnett United Methodist Church.
The family would like to thank the Rock Ridge staff and the Hospice of Mercy staff and volunteers for their loving care.
In lieu of flowers, memorial tributes may be made to the Alburnett Community Historical Society, 106 S. Main St., Alburnett, IA 52202, or the Hospice of Mercy, 315 18th Ave., Hiawatha, IA 52233.
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