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Doris Newhook

Doris Newhook

Born: August 7th, 1922

Passed on: November 18th, 2015

Doris was born in New Perlican on August 7, 1922, the second daughter of fisherman Fred Warren and Susanna Jane Etheridge. She left home when she was barely 17 and traveled by horse and slide to fill in as the teacher in the one room school in Old Shop. She took to teaching and made it her career, settling in to teach the primary grades in Dildo where she met and married Hughie Newhook on March 28, 1951. She was only 54 when Hughie died suddenly, but she overcame her grief and seized her independence, learning to drive, traveling and finding opportunities to live her life to the fullest. The whole community and a hall full of people she had taught over the years celebrated her 80th birthday in 2002. Since then she had been a resident of Callingwood Downs in Clarke's Beach where she kept up her independent ways. Doris was 93 years old when she died peacefully at St. Clare's Mercy Hospital on November 18, 2015. Doris was predeceased by her husband Hugh Newhook, her older sister Margaret French and husband Marcus French of Winterton, her younger sister Rebecca Simmons and husband George Simmons of Whitbourne and her nephew Donald Locke, Jr. of Grand Falls-Windsor. She leaves to mourn nephews Frank French and wife Brenda of Winterton, Dan Simmons and wife Sandra Small of St. John's, David Simmons of Toronto and Donald Simmons of Toronto; nieces Dr. Susan O'Leary and husband Tim of Outer Cove, Joan Brown of Guelph, Ontario and Jeanette Robinson of Tobermory, Ontario; and many cousins, grand nieces and nephews and great grand nieces and nephews. Resting at Warren's Funeral Home, Dildo with visitation on Friday, November 20th, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. The funeral service will be held from All Saint's Anglican Church, Dildo, Saturday November 21st, at 2:00 pm. Cremation to follow, inurnment at a later date. As an expression of sympathy, donations in Doris' memory may be made to a charity of ones choice. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Warren's Funeral Home, Dildo. To send a message of condolence or to sign the memorial guest book, please visit www.warrensfuneralhome.ca.

 

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