Eleanor Newton, 84, a founder of Ridgefield Baptist Church

Eleanor S. Newton of Hebron, N.H., a founding member of the Ridgefield Baptist Church, died Monday, Sept. 25, at Speare Memorial Hospital in Plymouth, N.H. She was 84 years old and the widow of Stanton Newton Sr., who died in 1993.
A native of Boston, Mass., Mrs. Newton was the daughter of Irvin and Elsie Clayton Studwell. She grew up in Rye, N.Y., a descendent of one of the founding families of the town. She moved to Spring Street in South Salem, N.Y., in 1946, and lived there nearly 50 years.
For many years, she had worked for the Pinchbeck Brothers nursery in Ridgefield as a floral designer.
She had been a member of the Christian Women’s Club of Southern Connecticut, and helped start the Ridgefield Baptist Church in 1961.
In 1993 she moved to Hebron to be closer to her family.
Mrs. Newton is survived by a son, Stanton Newton Jr. of Hebron; a daughter, Eleanor Myles of Rumney, N.H.; a sister; 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Two sons died before her: Irvin S. Newton in 1960 and Peter R. Newton in 1985.
Burial was in South Salem Cemetery on Spring Street.
A memorial graveside service will take place Sunday, Oct. 8, at 3 p.m.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the Manadonock Bible Conference, P.O. Box 70, Jaffrey, NH 03452.
The Mayhew Funeral Home in Plymouth was in charge of arrangements.