Isaac Edwin Newberry Jr.

1927 - 2008

Isaac Edwin Newberry Jr. died peacefully Sunday, April 27, 2008, in Mansfield after a short illness.
Memorial service: 2 p.m. Monday, May 5, St. John Lutheran Church, 1218 E. Debbie Lane, Mansfield.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the St. John Lutheran Church building fund.
Ed was born Jan. 15, 1927, in Brownfield to Isaac and Mary Newberry. He served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II.
Upon leaving the Navy, he worked for a short time as a baker before beginning his lifelong career as a can maker. He worked for Continental Can Company for 16 years before joining the Carnation Company Can Division in 1966. He moved to Mansfield in 1969 to open the new plant on East Broad Street, where he worked until his retirement in 1987.
Ed was an incredible engineer. What he lacked in formal schooling he more than made up for in sheer ingenuity. There was little that he couldn't fix or build from the ground up.
He spent his retirement years enjoying his grandchildren, playing golf, tinkering in his workshop, tending his garden and mowing his beloved pasture.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and his sisters, Lois Strickland and Paula Jones.
The family would like to extend a special thanks to the ICU staff at the Methodist Mansfield Medical Center for their excellent care.
"And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love."--1 Corinthians 13:13.
Survivors: His devoted wife of 58 years, Winona; daughter, Pamela Newberry (Michael Gillin) of Bellaire; son, Jeffrey Newberry of Mansfield; daughter, Jan Alison Newberry-Davis (George) of Lawton, Okla.; and grandchildren, Donesh Gillin, Kate Sommers (Kyle), Benesh Gillin (Alicia Ester), Adam Newberry (Brittani Gordon), Emma Newberry-Davis, Olivia Newberry, Andrew Newberry-Davis and Meredith Newberry; sisters, June Burnett of Harrison, Ark., and Patricia Waltz of Port Townsend, Wash; and many nieces and nephews.