Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  LOUISE RUSH NEWPORT

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LOUISE RUSH NEWPORT

OCNS - February 13, 2001 - Louise (Satchell) Rush Newport, 93, passed away, 
February 9, in the Pawhuska (Oklahoma) Nursing Home following an extended 
illness.

Born October 17, 1907 in DeQueen, Arkansas, the daughter of Tony and 
Minnie (Feemster) Satchell and, in 1918, moved with her family to Pawhuska 
where she remained.

July 17, 1924, Louise and Edwin Rush, a local carpenter, were married in 
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and they had four children, Rueben, Stanley, Jim 
and Annabelle. Edwin preceded Louise in death September 1, 1949.

May 5, 1961, Louise and Pat Newport, who owned The Pat Newport Chevrolet 
Company and later was in the insurance business, were married in Pawhuska. 
Pat preceded her in death November 11, 1991.

Louise was a member of The First Presbyterian Church and enjoyed working 
in her church, her yard and with her flowers. She worked for some time at 
the C.R. Anthony Store in Pawhuska.

Survivors include: a daughter and son-in-law, Annabelle and Gale Roark and 
a son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Joyce Rush, all of Pawhuska; two 
sisters, Thelma Copenhaver of Pawhuska and Rosa Lee Pigg of Bartlesville, 
Oklahoma; nine grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren two great-great 
grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.

Services were held Monday, February 12, in The Johnson Funeral Home Chapel 
with burial in the Pawhuska Cemetery. Reverend Scott Fischer officiated 
under the direction of The Johnson Funeral Home.