William Wallace "Newt" Newton

Long time Wyoming rancher WILLIAM "WALLACE" (NEWT) NEWTON, 97, passed away on this earth on May 23, 2015 at Heritage Estates in Gering, Nebraska and went to live in heaven with his Heavenly Father, family and friends. Services will be held at 2pm Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at the Colyer Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Prairie Haven Hospice. The casket will be open briefly following the service. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Wallace was born February 16, 1918 at Alma, Oklahoma. As a young boy his mother passed away and he lived with his maternal grandmother in Oklahoma, later moving to his aunt’s to live and work in Oklahoma and also went to Archer City, Texas to live and work with his father. He later moved on to find work in Wyoming. In 1936 he worked for the Beaver Sheep Ranch where met and married his first wife Margaret (Beaver) Newton in Ft. Collins, Colorado. To this union a son Winford Wallace Newton was born December 21, 1937 one month premature by emergency C-section delivery. After his mother’s unexpected passing away of renal failure on December 21, 1937 and after baby Winford’s long hospitalization, Wallace started work for several ranches. In 1939 he started working for Merl Teeters at the ranch. After Winford was two years old, his maternal grandmother deemed her right to raise the child by adoption, changing the baby’s name from Winford Wallace Newton to Winford Schuyler Beaver. Wallace later married Dorothy (Teeters) Newton November 18, 1939 in Douglas, Wyoming. To this union a son was born, Garold (Gary) Wallace Newton. In early adult life "Newt" was active in rodeo. He rode in the Wild Horse Race in 1936 at Cheyenne Frontier Days. He was a volunteer fire fighter at Yoder, Wyoming, a volunteer fire fighter in Fire District #5 in Goshen County, Wyoming, a member of the Veteran local chapter of Rocky Mountain Farmers Union and was in Goshen County Fair Parades numerous years. He and Dorothy were Grand Marshals of the Goshen County Fair one year. Wallace was a servant of the Lord from his courtship and marriage with Margaret till her passing December 21 1937and his courtship and marriage with Dorothy till her passing August 1, 2012. God blessed Wallace and Dorothy through seventy-two years and three months of marriage. He continued a servant of the Lord through church, The Truth, till his passing May 23, 2015. Wallace is survived by two sons Winford Schuyler Beaver of Hudson, Wyoming and Garold "Gary" Wallace Newton and his wife Theresa "Terri" Newton; grandchildren Garold "Gary" Wallace Newton II of Toluca Lake, California in the Los Angles area, Jack D. (Rebecca) Newton of Colorado; step-granddaughter Bridget N. (John) Farro of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Londa K. (Darrell) Baggs of Sidney, Nebraska; great granddaughters Alannah L. Newton and McKennah R.C. Newton; step-great granddaughters Lnay D. Baggs, Lacee L. Baggs, and Larami N. Baggs; step-great grandson Dylan S. Baggs; and former daughter-in-law Christine (LeRoy) Casterline of Casper, Wyoming. He was preceded in death by his parents Elmer and Clarenda Newton and many siblings; and his wives Margaret (Beaver) Newton and Dorothy (Teeters) Newton.

William Wallace "Newt" Newton

February 16, 1918 - May 23, 2015