Kenneth Joseph Newell Sr.

Pleasant Point – Kenneth Joseph Newell Sr., 70, died Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at a Calais hospital. Kenneth was born in Indian Township on May 31, 1937, son of the late Louis and Irene (Newell) Dana. Throughout the years, he worked as a logger, fisherman, census director, and served as Lieutenant Governor for Pleasant Point. Kenneth enjoyed hunting, playing poker and beano, and going to Fox Woods and Hollywood Slots. Besides his parents, he was predeceased by his first wife, Mary (Nicholas) Newell; a son, Kenneth Newell Jr.; two sisters, Phyllis Saunders and Martha Barstis; and two brothers, James Newell and Sopiel Dana. Surviving are his loving wife, Barbara (Smith) Newell; twelve children, Karen Lewey and her husband James, Rhonda Homan and her husband David, Katie Cling and her husband Marvin, Marie Gabriel, David Francis III and his wife Heather, Sugum Francis and his wife Jill, Philomene Look, and Serge Newell, all of Pleasant Point, Perry Newell and his wife Marlene of Lincoln, Judith Smiley and her husband Jeff and Dana Newell, both of Indian Township, and his pride and joy, Augustus “Gus” Look Jr. of Pleasant Point; two sisters, Molly Parker and Eleanor Mitchell, both of Indian Township; four brothers, Robert Newell and his wife Kathy and Steve Newell and his wife Audrey, both of Indian Township, and Andrew Dana and his wife Evelyn and Andrew Moore, both of Pleasant Point; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren; his God Child, Linda Lola of Peter Dana Point; two special caretakers, Alice Tomah and Cindy Lewey; special friends, Dale Longfellow, Mike Griffin and his brothers, Bob Georgantis, Roy Neptune, and Sabattus Lewey; and many other relatives and friends. Friends may call starting at 1 p.m. Friday at his home on 61 Bayview Dr. in Pleasant Point, until 10 a.m. Monday. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11 a.m. Monday by Father Eugene Gaffey at St. Ann Church, Pleasant Point. Arrangements by Mays Funeral Home, Calais & Eastport.


Services:
11:00AM at St. Ann Catholic Church on Monday, March 3rd, 2008