Celebrating Memberships of 50 Years or more

For those who have withstood the test of time, we hereby list those who have remained faithful to First United Methodist Church of Newton, New Jersey through good and bad. They have been faithful servants, attenders, givers, and workers in the service of our Lord. These are truly the Saints of the Church.


1924
Natalie Mooney

1925
Charles Thompson

1927
Dorothy Duvoisin - deceased 9/2/7

1936
Roberta Harris

1937
Lemoyne Sprague
Frederic Weber

1940
Ira Schoonover - deceased

1941
Ruth Flatt - deceased 7/8/2007

1942
Jane VanSyckle

1943
William Coe
Fred Iliff, Jr.

1944
Eleanor Windt

1945
Joseph Mussolini, Jr.

1946
Marjorie Rutan - deceased 3/29/2008
Ellen Courtright (our eldest member)
Jane Hartmann
Elizabeth Morgan
Patricia Weber
Donald Woods

1947
Lloyd Baldwin, Sr.
Kenneth Smith
Charles Tice

1948
Helen Thompson
Lois Mitchell

1949
Arlene Jorgenson - deceased 10/15/2007
John Iliff
Mildred Shuster

1950
Fred Dufford, Jr.
Alice Harris
Dora Sanders
Gerald Sanders
Lucretia Willis

1951
Jeanette Zangerle
Bertha Caton

1952
Brenda Casterline
Doris Coe
Eleanor Miller
Charles Windt
Lois Waldron

1953
Irene Blauvelt
Beulah Capitulik
Helen Hamler
Lena (Peg) Howell
Jeanne Sipley
Verney Sipley, Jr.

1954
Linda Schoonover

1955
No Members

1956
Jacqueline Dufford
Jean Iliff

1957
Shirley McCracken
Frances Young - deceased 9/16/2007
Elizabeth (Scottie) Hontz
Eileen Layton
Lois McCue