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Donna Belle Smith Newcome
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Birth: Dec. 24, 1936
Punxsutawney
Jefferson County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Oct. 25, 2014
Du Bois
Clearfield County
Pennsylvania, USA
Donna Belle (Smith) Newcome, 77, of Punxsutawney, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014. For the past year, she had been a resident of Christ the King Manor in DuBois.
She and her twin brother, Donald, were born on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1936, in Punxsutawney, a daughter of the late Walter and Nora E. (Furman) Smith.
Donna Belle was a 1954 graduate of Punxsutawney High School.
On Sept. 8, 1962, she married Ronald Newcome, Jr. He preceded her in death on Feb. 24, 2012. They enjoyed nearly fifty years of marriage together.
Mrs. Newcome was a member of the First Church of God, where she taught the nursery Sunday School class for years and was dearly loved by all her children. After her husband's appointment to Maple Grove Church of God in Clymer, she attended church with him and played piano there also.
She drove a school bus for over twenty years for the Punxsutawney Area School District and also worked in the school cafeteria. In her earlier years, she did sewing at Prammco, which later became Punxsutawney Sportswear.
Donna Belle enjoyed cooking, baking, gardening, canning, crocheting and playing piano.
She will be dearly missed by her five children, one daughter, Karen Perez and husband Steve of Punxsutawney; four sons, Rodney Newcome and wife Kim of Punxsutawney, Fred Newcome and wife Devonie of Weippe, Idaho, Ralph Newcome and wife Tammy of Weippe, Idaho and Steve Newcome and wife Donna of Punxsutawney; eleven grandchildren, who were her pride and joy, Lindsay Newcome and fiance Ben Lenze, Ethan and Michaela Newcome, Walker Newcome, Morgan Schwartz and husband Levi, Ezekiel and Dylan Irwin, Amanda Bonner and husband Dustin, Cody, Ty and Taylor Newcome; three great-grandchildren, Peyton and Paisley Bonner and Brayden Irwin; one sister, Arlene McGuire and husband Pat of Punxsutawney; and one brother, Paul Smith and wife Carol of Illinois.
She was preceded in death by her parents and husband; her twin brother, Donald Smith; a brother, Roy Smith; and a sister, Phrona Foulks.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Shumaker Funeral Home, Inc., and from 10 a.m. until the time of service, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, at Chestnut Grove Independent Church, Punxsutawney.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 29, at the Chestnut Grove Independent Church, 342 Lipp Road, Punxsutawney, officiated by Pastor Joe Spack.
Interment will follow at Lakelawn Memorial Park, Reynoldsville.
Memorial donations may be made in Mrs. Newcome's memory to Maple Grove Church of God, Laurel Run Road, Penn Run, PA 15765.
Online condolences may be made at www.shumakerfh.com.
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Parents:
Walter S. Smith (1904 - 1974)
Nora E. Furman Smith (1909 - 1988)
Spouse:
Ronald Newcome (1941 - 2012)
Siblings:
Phrona R Smith Foulks (1933 - 2000)*
Donna Belle Smith Newcome (1936 - 2014)
Roy Smith (1938 - 1971)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Lakelawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum
Reynoldsville
Jefferson County
Pennsylvania, USA
Created by: wndwlker
Record added: Oct 28, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 137886239
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1936 - 2014 (77 years)