Mary Virginia Kurtz entered heaven with a shout May 1, 2015, with family with her in a hospital in Olympia, Washington, at 7:27 in the evening as a result of a major heart attack at age 86. Her husband, Waldon Kurtz, is confined as a bed patient at home.
A baby girl was delivered to the home of Isaac and Ruth Newton who had a humble home at Clemson, S. Carolina, on August 11, 1928. She was the second child. Her parents, oldest brother, Lee Newton and youngest sister, Oneida Canoy preceded her in death. Her living siblings are Philip Newton of Easley, S.C.; Earl Newton of Saulisbury, N. C.; Georgia Serocki of Saulsbury, N.C. She has two daughters and one son who are Sandra Maxey of Snohomish, WA; Walda Kurtz of Centralia, WA; Steven Kurtz of Centralia, WA. There are grandsons, David Maxey, of Khabarovsk, Russia, Tyler Donnahoo in Georgia, Drew Donnahoo in S.Carolina There are 7 great grandchildren. .
Mary graduated from high school at Clemson, S.C. and then on to Marion College, Marion, Indiana, which is now Indiana Wesleyan University, graduating with an A.B. Degree.. She took some graduate work at Ball State Teacher's College in Muncie, Indiana. Her desire was to enter the medical field but became a teacher instead in elementary school so that her husband could go to medical school. She then was office manager in her husband's office along with many other duties
She was married to Waldon Kurtz August 4, 1948. She braved the world bouncing along in a 23 foot house trailer to Kansas in 1950 to teach grade school. She and her husband spent 2 summers and a year in Boulder where he received his M.S. Degree. Next came going to Englewood, Colorado, where she taught school several years while he taught at University of Denver and then went through medical school. She was overjoyed that an older lady came to live with them and care for her two children while she was teaching.
She, the children, and this lady sailed across the Pacific to Hawaii in 1960 where her husband was interning. He had to fly on ahead to start work. She repeated this trip and returned with a baby boy to San Luis Obispo., CA, where her husband took a residency in general practice. She and her family packed barrels and flew to LaGonave, Haiti, in 1962 where she helped in the hospital. In 1963 the family sailed to India, where they resided at the mission hospital in Vapi. She home schooled the children along with many mission obligations. In 1965, she with her family, were in Englewood, CO . She was medical office manager for years and then resided in Seattle doing the same. She retired with her husband and daughter in Centralia.
She was a devout Christian all of her adult life. She served as Sunday School teacher, youth leader, district mission president, church vocalist, prayer warrior and always had time to counsel others. She loved her Bible and wrote many poems and thoughts where they can be found written on notes in books and plastered everywhere. Jesus was king of her life.
She suffered much with pain but still would do much hanging on to a crutch—when she didn't forget it. She is now in a place of no suffering and is missed very much by her family and friends.
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