Leroy Newton

Leroy was sent to England on 30 Jan 1944. He then found himself in Normandy in June 1944 with the D-Day invasion forces. He later spent time in northern France, the Ardennes, Rhineland and central Europe. Roy met Eve when he was stationed in Germany following WWII. They moved to Abilene, Kansas, where they raised their family while operating a Montgomery Ward franchise store. (Eve and Roy died just one day apart, April 28 and 29, 2014.)