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Waterloo Region Generations
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Rev. Newton Laverne Gingrich
1924 - 1979 (54 years)-
Name Newton Laverne Gingrich Prefix Rev. Born 13 Oct 1924 Drake, Saskatchewan 
[1] Gender Male Residence 1967 Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada [2] Eby ID Number dnf-25988 Died 1 Aug 1979 Drumbo, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada [1] Buried East Zorra Amish Mennonite Cemetery, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario [1] Person ID I25988 Generations Last Modified 28 Jan 2025
Father Ozias B. Gingrich, b. 24 Oct 1893, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada , d. 6 Feb 1967, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years) Mother Naomi May Schmitt, b. 24 Oct 1903, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada , d. 11 Aug 1988, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years) Married Dec 1924 Guernsey, Alberta [3] Family ID F5792 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Elizabeth Sommers, b. 1925, Kokomo, Howard, Indiana, USA , d. 23 Oct 2003, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years) Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 Family ID F41133 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Newton Gingrich died suddenly; was longtime church leader Newton Gingrich, 53, of Tavistock, Ont., longtime leader in the Mennonite Church and in Mennonite Central Committee, died about noon on Aug. 1. Gingrich was working with his son Daryl at the Emmaus Center, a private retreat center partly owned by the Gingrich family, when he was stricken with a heart attack.Gingrich was chairman of Mennonite Central Committee since January 1977, and had been chairman of MCC (Canada) from 1972 to 1978. He was an MCC executive committee member since 1968.At the time of his death he was employed half time by the General Board of the Mennonite Church as coordinator of local arrangements for Waterloo 79, the Mennonite Church conference set for Aug. 11 to 16.From 1973 to 1975, he was moderator of the Mennonite Church, of which he was moderator-elect from 1971 to 1973. He continued as a General Board member until 1977. He was executive secretary of Region I at the time of his death.In addition, Gingrich was one of three Mennonite Church appointees to the General Council of Mennonite World Conference, and had been elected at the council's meeting in Wichita last year as a member-at-larger of the MWC Executive Committee. On the local conference level, Gingrich was missions chairman of the Western Ontario Mennonite Conference at the time of his death.Execute secretary of MCC William T. Snyder noted that Gingrich was often a bridge between church people of the U. S. and Canada. For one year he was chairman of both MCC and MCC (Canada) and continued to represent the concerns of both countries throughout his years as a leader in the church. "He loved the whole Mennonite Church and had a deep concern for church organizations," Snyder said.Paul Kraybill, executive secretary of Mennonite World Conference, noted that Gingrich was active at every level of church work-local, conference, regional, church wide, and inter-Mennonite. "I remember him as a man of broad vision and an authentic leader," Kraybill said. "His counsel and insight were always very perceptive and appreciated."Gingrich had resigned as pastor of East Zorra Mennonite Church in Tavistock in June. He had earlier pastured church in Elora and Markham, Ont., and was a teacher and principal of Ontario Mennonite Bible School and Institute in Kitchener from 1958 to 1969. An avid supporter of inter-Mennonite cooperation, he chaired the inter-Mennonite Mission and Service Board in Ontario for many years. He attended Eastern Mennonite College in Harrisonburg, Va.Gingrich, born Oct. 13, 1925, in the Drake-Guernsey area of Saskatchewan, was a son of Naomi Gingrich of Cambridge, Ont., and the late Ozias Gingrich. When he was six years of age his family moved to Ontario. He is survived by his wife, the former Mary Sommers, three sons, Daryl, Duane, and Dennis, and a daughter Diane.Memorial services were at 10: 00 a.m., Aug. 4, at East Zorra Mennonite Church. The family designated that memorial contributions be made to MCC.
Gospel Herald - Volume 72, Number 33 - August 14, 1979-page 648, 662
- Newton Gingrich died suddenly; was longtime church leader Newton Gingrich, 53, of Tavistock, Ont., longtime leader in the Mennonite Church and in Mennonite Central Committee, died about noon on Aug. 1. Gingrich was working with his son Daryl at the Emmaus Center, a private retreat center partly owned by the Gingrich family, when he was stricken with a heart attack.Gingrich was chairman of Mennonite Central Committee since January 1977, and had been chairman of MCC (Canada) from 1972 to 1978. He was an MCC executive committee member since 1968.At the time of his death he was employed half time by the General Board of the Mennonite Church as coordinator of local arrangements for Waterloo 79, the Mennonite Church conference set for Aug. 11 to 16.From 1973 to 1975, he was moderator of the Mennonite Church, of which he was moderator-elect from 1971 to 1973. He continued as a General Board member until 1977. He was executive secretary of Region I at the time of his death.In addition, Gingrich was one of three Mennonite Church appointees to the General Council of Mennonite World Conference, and had been elected at the council's meeting in Wichita last year as a member-at-larger of the MWC Executive Committee. On the local conference level, Gingrich was missions chairman of the Western Ontario Mennonite Conference at the time of his death.Execute secretary of MCC William T. Snyder noted that Gingrich was often a bridge between church people of the U. S. and Canada. For one year he was chairman of both MCC and MCC (Canada) and continued to represent the concerns of both countries throughout his years as a leader in the church. "He loved the whole Mennonite Church and had a deep concern for church organizations," Snyder said.Paul Kraybill, executive secretary of Mennonite World Conference, noted that Gingrich was active at every level of church work-local, conference, regional, church wide, and inter-Mennonite. "I remember him as a man of broad vision and an authentic leader," Kraybill said. "His counsel and insight were always very perceptive and appreciated."Gingrich had resigned as pastor of East Zorra Mennonite Church in Tavistock in June. He had earlier pastured church in Elora and Markham, Ont., and was a teacher and principal of Ontario Mennonite Bible School and Institute in Kitchener from 1958 to 1969. An avid supporter of inter-Mennonite cooperation, he chaired the inter-Mennonite Mission and Service Board in Ontario for many years. He attended Eastern Mennonite College in Harrisonburg, Va.Gingrich, born Oct. 13, 1925, in the Drake-Guernsey area of Saskatchewan, was a son of Naomi Gingrich of Cambridge, Ont., and the late Ozias Gingrich. When he was six years of age his family moved to Ontario. He is survived by his wife, the former Mary Sommers, three sons, Daryl, Duane, and Dennis, and a daughter Diane.Memorial services were at 10: 00 a.m., Aug. 4, at East Zorra Mennonite Church. The family designated that memorial contributions be made to MCC.
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Born - 13 Oct 1924 - Drake, Saskatchewan 
Residence - 1967 - Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada 
Died - 1 Aug 1979 - Drumbo, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada 
Buried - - East Zorra Amish Mennonite Cemetery, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario = Link to Google Earth
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