Ginger E. Newton
June 27, 1967 - October 15, 2016
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Ginger E. Newton
June 27, 1967 - October 15, 2016
Obituary
Ginger Elizabeth Newton, age 49, died in her home on October 15, 2016.
Ginger was born on June 27, 1967 to Daniel and Page Newton. Through her life, Ginger had many struggles. Ginger used hard work and determination to overcome the struggles and accomplish many things. After dropping out of high school, she went back to her education and completed her GED, an Associates and a Bachelors of Arts degree. She had a successful career in the Architectural and Engineering industry.
When Ginger fell ill, she applied the same work ethic and determination to researching and understanding her illness and possible ways to work with her doctors to improve her quality of life. Ginger spent hour upon hour reading medical articles to learn the latest information about the illness and treatment. She often quipped “I should be given an honorary Doctorate degree for my six years of ‘medical school’ learning about Masto.”
Ginger had a small group of very close friends with the same illness. They regularly communicated sharing support, inspiration, knowledge and most importantly humor.
Ginger enjoyed cooking and gardening, being quite accomplished at both. In the last couple of years, Ginger took up a new hobby – adult coloring books. She said “I am a terrible artist but this brings me peace”; she appreciated the Zen-like nature of creating her art.
Ginger is survived by her husband Jeff Odell; her father Dan Newton; and her sister Teri Sunday. She was preceded in death by her mother Paige Newton.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to one of the following charities in memory of Ginger Newton:
The Mastocytosis Society
http://www.tmsforacure.org/donate.php
Alzheimer’s Association, Orange County Chapter
http://www.alzoc.org/get-involved/donate/tribute-gift/
22 responses to Ginger E. Newton
Sharon Renfroe says:
October 21, 2016
I met Ginger in one of the Masto groups, we became friends and “hung out” on line spending a lot of time making each other laugh, and simply being around for each other. Being around, is a big deal when dealing with a chronic illness like the one we shared. Ginger liked Nascar, I know nothing of Nascar, but for reasons I do not understand I have always lived crazy close to a Nascar track and have met many Nascar drivers over the years. She’d laugh that Nascar was so lost on me. My husband and I went to the Nascar Hall of Fame a couple of years ago. I’ve no idea why, other than it was a day we had nothing going on and its very close by. I got to drive the simulator 4 tracks, Talladeega being the only one I’d remember by the time I got home. At home I quickly dashed off a note to Ginger, she’d have loved it, I was totally lost…it would have been a great adventure with her. She laughed and asked questions that I could not answer. We had a really good laugh over hubby and I being in there totally lost, not knowing at all what we were looking at.
I drive by the Nascar Hall of Fame from time to time, I think of Ginger every time I pass by there. She’d love that place. She will always have a place in my heart, and she has a place in my city. I will miss her. I am so thankful to have had her in my life.
Sharon Renfroe
Ellen Myer says:
October 22, 2016
Ginger, I will miss you more than I can say. PM’ed me in the middle of the night during a bad time. PM’ed me just to laugh. I pray you are just in a peaceful place with no more pain.