Reisner, Merle Louise

1922 - 2009  (86 years)

• Name	Reisner, Merle Louise
  Birth	13 Sep 1922	Newton, Jasper County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	REIS.M001
  _FGRAVE	32877194
  Death	9 Jan 2009	Newton, Jasper County, Illinois   [1]
  Burial	Christian Chapel Cemetery, Jasper County, Illinois   [1]
  Person ID	I57003	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	4 May 2025

  
  

  Family	Newlin, John Thomas,   b. 26 Oct 1914, Cambridge, Bannock County, Idaho d. 6 Dec 2010, Jasper County, Illinois (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	26 Apr 1946	Central Christian Church, Newton, Jasper County, Illinois   [1]
  Age at Marriage	She : 23 years and 7 months - He : 31 years and 6 months.
  Family ID	F20406	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Sep 1922 - Newton, Jasper County, Illinois Death - 9 Jan 2009 - Newton, Jasper County, Illinois Burial - - Christian Chapel Cemetery, Jasper County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Merle Louise Newlin, 86, of Newton passed away at home Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. Funeral services celebrating her life will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Central Christian Church, 208 S. Jackson St., Newton. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the church. Burial will be in Chapel Cemetery, rural Falmouth. Barkley Funeral Chapel, Greenup, assisted with arrangements. Memorials can be made to Oblong Christian Children's Home, St. Louis Christian College Newlin's Kingdom Vision Fund or Eastern Illinois University Christian Campus House. Louise was born Sept. 13, 1922, in Newton, the daughter of Fred and Clara (Jones) Reisner. She married John Newlin April 26, 1946, at Central Christian Church, Newton. Louise was a homemaker and Shaklee Distributor for over 40 years. She was a member of Falmouth Church of Christ, a former PTA president and committee worker. She taught Sunday school and vacation Bible school, even in her sunset years. She participated in Southern Illinois Christian Convention and was secretary/treasurer at Falmouth Church of Christ from 1995 to spring 2008, and was still hosting and teaching a weekly Bible study, as well as a monthly Fidelis Circle at her home. Louise was a prolific letter writer, writing long, newsy letters to family, friends and missionaries. Because handwriting had become so difficult, she had a new typewriter ribbon purchased and installed for her the night before her death. She was looking forward to using it. Survivors are her loving husband of 63 years, John; daughters, Phyllis Rabb of Evansville, Ind., Loire (Doug) Wing of Newton, Iowa, and Vivian Price and Loret Newlin, both of Newton; daughter-in-law, Anita Newlin of Patoka.; sister, Florence Weaver of Evansville, Ind.; grandchildren, Chris Wing (wife, Clarissa), Jenn (Wing) Wood, (husband, Steve), Michelle (Rabb) Bender, (husband, Burt), Conrad Price, Amanda Price and Hannah Newlin; and great-grandchildren, Symone and Sydney Bender, Walter and Vivienne Wood and Caitlyn Wing. She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Howard; and a grandchild, Eli Bender. Published in the Effingham Daily News .

  
  

• Sources

  [S16536] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Newlin, Merle Louise and John Thomas, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63515367/john-thomas-newlin) (Reliability: 2).