Lee Newton

Glendive, Montana: Lee James Newton "Booger", 29, died on June 18, 2010 at the Glendive Medical Center in Glendive. A memory service for family and friends will be held at 7:30 P.M. on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 in the Chapel of the Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home of Glendive. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, June 24, 2010 in Zion Lutheran Church in Glendive with Pastor Avis Anderson officiating. Interment will be in the Dawson County Cemetery in Glendive. Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home of Glendive has been entrusted with the arrangements. Lee was born in Glendive on August 21, 1980 the son of Michael Roy and Sondra Lee (Riemann) Newton. He was named after his God Father, Kevin Lee Mayer and a longtime family friend James Rahr. Lee's education began at Russell Elementary School in Missoula, Montana. Lee moved back to the family farm near Glendive in 1992. He attended Washington Middle School where he competed in Jr. High Football and Wrestling. When Lee was 13, he played Babe Ruth baseball and later Legion baseball in Glendive. Lee's love of baseball also took him to a minor league baseball recruiting camp in California. Lee went on to be an excellent athlete and excelled in football and baseball, playing varsity football for the Dawson County Red Devils. He graduated from Dawson County High School in Glendive with the class of 1999. Following his graduation from Highschool, Lee worked for Pizza Hut of Glendive and later for the Wagon Wheel Bar where he was affectionately known as "Newt Dawg". He had been employed by Nabors Well Service for the past seven years as a Relief Field Chief with the crew on Rig #828. Lee married Nicole Nichols on August 4, 2007 in Glendive and to this marriage two children were born Alexis Sidney and Teagan Lee. Lee enjoyed golfing, camping, and fishing with his family and friends. He always had a knack for catching large fish, even from a very young age. His last outing with Alexis, Jeff and Boadie was a fishing adventure on the Yellowstone River. Lee never had an outing, or even a moment, with his loved ones without making it an adventure. His time spent with them was sacred to him. Lee had recently returned to the game he loved as a child as he and Nicole played softball for Ranch and Farm, where Lee's outfield chants would generate the crowds laughter throughout the field. Lee was an accomplished artist who had a love for music and enjoyed playing his guitar while his two little girls danced to the music he played. He was a "forever fan" of professional football who was always up on all that was going on, especially when it concerned his favorite team the Tennessee Titans. Lee had most recently enjoyed working with his father-in-law, Greg learning all that could about construction. Lee was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Roy and Shirley Newton and his maternal grandparents Dormann and Gretchan Riemann all of whom he enjoyed a special relationship with. Lee is survived by his wife Nicole and their daughters Alexis Sidney and Teagan Lee of Glendive; his mother Sondra Lee Powers of Missoula; his father Michael Roy Newton and his wife Peggy of Glendive; his brother Michael Travis Newton and his wife Stacie of Missoula; father-in-law, Greg Nichols (Korey Keith) of Glendive, mother-in-law, Roxie Sadorf (Bob) of Glendive; sisters-in-law, Kendra Quillin (Dustin) of Glendive and Ashley Obrigawitch (Ryan) of Winnett, Montana; aunts and uncles, Krista & Chuck Page of Glendive, Renae Scott and Kellie Atwood (Tim) of Coeur D'Alene, Idaho; his niece Jodee Newton; his nephew Brendan Newton and cousins, Jessica & Joshua Ford. Lee will be cherished by his friends and family as a soft hearted and caring young man. He will be missed by all that have ever known him. Resurgem - "I shall rise"

Lee Newton

August 21, 1980 - June 24, 2010

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August 21, 1980 - June 24, 2010

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