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Loren Lewis and Leora D. Strait NEWELL New Home Cemetery
Loren Newell © Enid News and Eagle 03-14-2007 Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
Loren Newell, 81, of Enid, OK, passed away Monday, March 12, 2007 at his home after a long illness.
Loren was born Aug. 11, 1925 to O.L. and Maude Ragains-Newell. He was born and raised in Nash and was the eighth and youngest child born to the Newell family. Most of his young life he helped on the farm and learned the value of hard work at a young age. While attending school in Nash, he was a member of the Boy Scouts and was active in sports in high school where he played on the football team. He also took up the traditional family paper route. In the fall of 1943, during his senior year, he was called to the service of his country during World War II. Loren entered the United States Air Force and began pilot training in Valejo, CA.
While in pilot training, Loren proposed marriage to Leora Strait, a high school friend and friend of the family. She traveled by train to California where they were married on Dec. 21, 1944, in the presence of his sister, Velma and her husband Vane Spillman. Loren and Leora had a long and loving relationship for over 62 years. Loren earned his high school diploma while in the service and went on to attend Montana State University. The war ended in May 1945 and Loren was honorably discharged from the service in April 1946.
Loren and Leora moved back to Oklahoma to join the rest of their large families. Being raised in agriculture, Loren had an interest in the grain business. He took a job as an elevator manager in Booker, Texas, and began a 20-year career in the grain elevator management business. He went on to manage elevators in Kremlin, OK, Conway Springs, KS, Douglas, OK, and Kingfisher, OK.
Loren never lost his thirst for knowledge and furthered his education by taking electronics and management courses in the evenings. In 1981, he started his own business “Newell Electro Sales and Service,” in Enid. He continued his quest for knowledge and was one of the first in Oklahoma to install computer operated card gas pumps. Loren continued to operate his business until his retirement.
Loren and Leora started their family in 1949, with the birth of a daughter, Micha Leah. Five years later in 1954, Deborah Gae was born. Loren and Leora were wonderful parents to their children. They always encouraged their daughters to develop their talents, to be good citizens and to do their very best at an endeavor.
During his life, Loren was a member of the Baptist Church where at times he served as a Sunday school teacher. He was a member of the Lions Club and American Legion. He was a 50-year member of the Pond Creek Masonic Lodge and Order of Eastern Star. He also was a 32nd Degree Mason.
Loren was preceded in death by his parents, O.L. and Maude Newell; brothers, Virgil, Don and Glenn; sisters, Lola and Vera; and one great-grandchild, Evan Haxton.
He is survived by his wife, Leora of the home; two daughters, Mickie Post and husband Garold of Kingfisher, OK, and Debbie Scott and her husband Randy of Colorado Springs, CO; six grandchildren, Leah Haxton and husband Greg of Blanchard, OK, Lanie Lovelace and husband Steve of Edmond, OK, Laun Post of Oklahoma City, OK, Jenny Adams and husband Matt, Holly Harpster and husband Jonny and Randy Scott and wife Lacy, all of Colorado Springs, CO; and eight great-grandchildren; a sister, Velma Lawver of Lawrence, KS; and a brother, Forest Newell of Parsons, KS; several nieces and nephews; and many wonderful friends and family.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 15, 2007 at Calvary Baptist Church under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. Interment will be in New Home Ceme-tery, Nash.
Memorials can be made to Calvary Baptist Church and Hospice Circle of Love in lieu of flowers.
Condolences may be made online at ladusauevans@sud denlinkmail.com
Leora D. Strait Newell © Enid News and Eagle 06-14-2022 Submitted by: Glenn
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October 21, 1925 - June 12, 2022Celebration of Life Service for Leora Newell, age 96, of Kingfisher will be Saturday, June 18, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at the Ladusau-Evans Chapel, with Rev Timothy McCarty and Rev Mike Whitehead officiating. Burial will follow in the New Home Cemetery, Nash, OK, under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.
The world lost one of its sweetest, most gentle souls on June 12, 2022, with the passing of Leora D. Newell, age 96, (Kingfisher, Oklahoma, formerly from Enid, Oklahoma) from natural causes.
Leora was the oldest of seven children born to Stan and Ida (Evans) Strait. She was born October 21, 1925, and grew up on the family farm Southwest of Nash, Oklahoma. It was there that she learned the value of hard work. She attended a little country church where she received a Christian upbringing and was baptized when she was young girl. She graduated from Nash High School in 1943, approximately a year after the United States entered World War II. At the age of 19, Leora traveled to Valero, California, on a troop train to marry a hometown boy. Loren Newell was in pilot training while serving in the United States Army Air Corps. Loren and Leora were married December 21, 1945, and were married 63 years at the time of his passing in March 2007.
In 1949, Loren and Leora welcomed their first child into the world. She was a little, red-headed, spunky girl. Four and a half years later, they had another little brown-eyed beauty who was the apple of her mother's eye.
Leora lived during some interesting times in history. She along with her family survived the dust bowl, the Great Depression and WWII. She helped with the war effort by working in a battery factory and a clothing factory, and she was a real live "Rosy the Riveter" when she worked at Boeing Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas. The war opened new opportunities for women to work outside of the home. In addition to being a devoted wife and mother, she was a dedicated worker outside the home while supplementing the family income. Most of Leora's working life she used her talents as an Office Manager and bookkeeper for car and motorcycle dealerships where she won several awards for her dedication and accuracy for her bookkeeping and accounting duties.
Leora enjoyed many hobbies. She loved to sew and was known for making clothes for her brothers and sisters as well as her daughters and their friends over the years. She was a talented ceramic artist and was known for her detailed painted fowl. She was also a long-time member of the Order of Eastern Star.
Being the oldest of seven, she took to heart, nurtured, and guided her younger siblings with great love. Her family meant everything to her. Among Leora's greatest joys were her brothers and sisters, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She always relished in their accomplishments.
Though Leora faced many challenges in life, she was a woman of immeasurable strength, perseverance, and unwavering faith. She possessed extraordinary compassion and positively influenced the lives of countless people throughout her life.
Leora's passing has created a painful loss and absence for all who knew and loved her, but we rejoice in her life and journey home to be with her Savior Jesus Christ.
Leora was preceded in death by her husband, Loren Lewis Newell; her parents, Stan and Ida Strait; a sister, Bonnie Buffalo; and three brothers, Joseph Delmar Strait, Francis Marion "Dutch" Strait, Edwin Strait; her son-in-law, Garold Post; and one great-grandson, Evan Dean Haxton.
She is survived by her children, Micha Leah Newell-Post of Kingfisher, OK, Deborah Gae Newell-Scott and her husband Randy of Florissant, Colorado; six grandchildren, Leah Gae Post-Haxton and her husband Greg of Blanchard, OK, Jenny Scott-Coleman and her husband Ron of Colorado Springs, CO, Lanie Post-Lovelace and her husband Steve of Edmond, OK, Holly Scott-Webb and her husband Scott of San Diego, CA, Laun Post of Kingfisher, OK, and Randy Scott and his wife Laci of Colorado Springs, CO; one brother, Harlan Strait of Jet, OK; and one sister, Charlotte Slaving of Nash, OK. She is also survived by twelve great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews and several life-long friends.
Memorials may be made to Valir Hospice or New Home Cemetery, with Ladusau-Evans as custodian of the funds. Condolences may be made online at www.ladusauevans.com.
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