Clara BURKS

[N15957]

17 DEC 1890 - 10 OCT 1974

BIRTH: 17 DEC 1890, Tippecanoe County, IN
DEATH: 10 OCT 1974, Walkerton, St Joseph, IN

Family 1 : Joseph S NEWGENT

+Wilbur S NEWGENT

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[N15957] Birth: Dec. 17, 1890
Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Death: Oct. 10, 1974
Walkerton, St. Joseph County, IN

Logansport Pharos Tribune & Press, October 11, 1974, page 2
CLARA NEWGENT RITES SATURDAY
MONTICELLO--Mrs. Clara Newgent, 83, formerly of Monticello, died at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Walkerton Nursing Home, Walkerton. Born in Tippecanoe County, Dec. 17, 1890, she was the daughter of James and Katherine Morris Burks. She was married Oct. 2, 1909, to Joseph S. Newgent, who died in 1952. She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Katherine Kontos, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. Eva Mae Seward, South Bend; Mrs. Nellie Long and Mrs. Margaret Swing, both of Plymouth; and Mrs. Mary Putt, Waukegan, Ill.; four sons, James and Donald, both of Walkerton; Wilbur, South Bend; and Charles, Monticello; one brother, Wilbur, Monon; four sisters, Mrs. Margaret Brownell, Mrs. Florence Mull, and Mrs. Virginia Toombs, all of Monticello; and Mrs. Mildred Morris, Indianapolis; 25 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Stewart Funeral Home in Monon, with the Rev. Willis Maugans officiating. Burial will be in the Bedford Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Friday. Funeral arrangments are being handled by the Aufenburg Funeral Home of Monticello.
Parents:
James Elmer Burks (1856 - 1931)
Catherine Morris Burks (1866 - 1940)
Spouse: Joseph S. Newgent (1871 - 1952)
Children:
James Isaac Newgent (1915 - 1980)*
Joseph E Newgent (1917 - 1919)*

Siblings:
John Benson Burks (1884 - 1967)*
Ada May Burks Wiley (1886 - 1953)*
Elmer J. Burks (1888 - 1958)*
Clara Burks Newgent (1890 - 1974)
LeRoy Jefferson Burks (1893 - 1919)**
Mabel Burks (1894 - 1908)*
Nancy Alice Burks (1896 - 1908)*
Evaline Burks (1897 - 1908)*
Wilbur Burks (1899 - 1979)*
Adeline Burks (1901 - 1908)*
Catherine Burks (1903 - 1908)*
Margaret Burks Brownell (1907 - 1977)*
Mildred Blake Burks Barrow (1908 - 2000)*
Florence Burks Mull (1911 - 1987)*
Virginia Burks Toombs (1913 - 1994)*
*Calculated relationship
**Half-sibling
Burial: Bedford Cemetery, Monon, White County, IN

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