Viola Pearl (Schmidt) Newton (1917 - 2005)

Born 15 Oct 1917 in Havelock, Lancaster, Nebraska Territory, United States

Died 2 Mar 2005 at age 87 in Polson, Lake, Montana, United States

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Biography

V. PEARL NEWTON POLSON -- V. Pearl Newton, 87, died on March 2, 2005, at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula from natural causes. She was born on Oct. 15, 1917, in Lincoln, NE, to Frank and Florence Wining Schmidt. She grew up in Nebraska and graduated from Eagle High School in Eagle, NE, and moved to the Mission Valley in 1936. She married Raymond Newton on Oct. 22, 1937, in Kalispell and they ranched near Polson. Raymond died on Dec. 12, 1974. Pearl married Al Breazeale on June 24, 1987, and he died on March 17, 1998. She was a member of the Mountain View Women's Club, 4H leader, loved bowling, dancing, gardening and was a seamstress. She was preceded in death by both husbands and a daughter, Deanna Dae Newton; her parents; a brother, Don Schmidt; half brother Delbert Griffin; and several stepbrothers and stepsisters. Pearl is survived by a daughter, Shirley (George) Eye (St. Ignatius); two grandchildren, Gordon Eye (St. Ignatius) and Sherilyn (Darwin) Stoner (Belgrade); three great-grandchildren, Cody, Beau and Allie Stoner (all of Belgrade); sister-in-law Jeanne Schmidt (Eagle, NE); stepsister Pauline Boardman (Reno, NV); half-brother Earl Schmidt (Quartzsite, AZ); two stepbrothers, Bud Beach (Eagle) and Roy Beach (Sacramento, CA); and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held on March 5 at the Grogan Funeral Home, Polson. Interment followed at Lakeview Cemetery, Polson. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials to the United Methodist Church of St. Ignatius, St. Luke Extended Care or the Polson Senior Citizens Center.

Sources

• https://www.genlookups.com/mt/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/194
• 1940 census (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBQ3-KKJ)
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97549318/viola-pearl-newton: accessed 06 November 2022), memorial page for Viola Pearl Schmidt Newton (15 Oct 1917–2 Mar 2005), Find a Grave Memorial ID 97549318, citing Lakeview Cemetery, Polson, Lake County, Montana, USA; Maintained by jim funke (contributor 47785892) .