George Newbury & Shirley Newbury

Aug. 11, 1939-March 15, 2022

Shirley Newbury

Jan. 9, 1941-March 27, 2022

George R. Newbury, 82,

Minot, ND, passed away

Tuesday, March 15th,

2022 in his home.

Shirley J. Newbury, 81,

Minot, ND passed away

Sunday, March 27th,

2022, also in her home.

George Ruben Newbury

was born Aug. 11th, 1939,

the third of five children

to John O. and Anna T.

(Oberlander) Newbury, in

Steele, ND. George “Ru-

ben” was raised on the

family farm south of Cry-

stal Springs, ND. He was

educated in Crystal

Springs and assisted on

the family farm until

adulthood.

Shirley Jean Hillius was

born Jan. 9th, 1941 the

oldest of seven children to

Theodore E. Jr. and Emma

L. (Schatz) Hillius on the

family farm south of Med-

ina, ND. She assisted on

the family farm, graduat-

ing from Medina High

School in 1959.

George and Shirley be-

gan their journey of 62

plus years of marriage on

June 19th, 1959 in Medi-

na, ND. The first years of

marriage involved lots of

travel and relocating

while working on road

construction for Schultz

and Lindsey Co in the

states of ND, MT, CO, and

SD, returning to the Hil-

lius farm for the winter

months.

In 1966 they made

Minot, ND their home.

George was employed by

Iseman Homes, Minot

Coleman Distributers and

Discount Mobile Home

Sales. Shirley took a job

with Talbott Nursery dur-

ing the spring and sum-

mer for a couple years.

In 1975 they established

George’s Mobile Home

and Camping Service Inc.,

starting out in a 14′ x 28′

garage and working side

by side many hours while

raising a family. The busi-

ness focused on primarily

mobile home repair, even-

tually phasing to ex-

clusively RV service in

the early 90s. George and

Shirley retired in 2002

with Todd carrying on the

business that they took

great pride in.

They led a very active

life, spending time with

family and lifelong

friends, camping, fishing,

playing cards, dancing

and traveling to polka fes-

tivals. Sundays were often

spent listening to Old

Time music on KBMR ra-

dio’s Polka Party. They

traveled to many places

around the country with

winters spent in Hawaii

and later Arizona. They

also made memorable

trips to Germany, Mexico,

and the Bahamas. It was a

life well lived. They will

be dearly missed by all.

George and Shirley are

survived by daughter,

Tammy (Bruce) Moffitt,

San Tan Valley, AZ; son,

Todd (Heidi) Newbury

Minot, ND; son, Tracy (fi-

ance Molly Hendrickson),

Queen Creek, AZ;

daughter, Tina Newbury,

Minot, ND; grandchildren

Brooke (Todd) Bertrand,

Chad Moffitt, Stacie (A-

manda) Moffitt, Jordan (fi-

ance Amber Olson), Cali

(Levi) Hanson, Allyn

Newbury, Madison En-

dresen, Cole Scheig,

Rylan Scheig and Ken-

nedy Scheig; great

grandchildren, Maxim

and Emma Bertrand,

McKenna Hanson, Ellie

Edwards, Kaysuan En-

dresen, and numerous

nieces, nephews and

cousins.

They were preceded in

death by daughter-in-law,

Melissa “Missy” (Westlie)

Newbury.

George is survived by a

sister, Sandra (Steve)

Shultz, Veneta, OR.

George is preceded in

death by parents John O.

and Anna T. Newbury,

sister, Virginia Fanta,

brothers John “Morris”

Newbury and Dwight D.

Newbury.

Shirley is survived by

sister, Eloise (James)

Kleven, Medina, ND,

brother Stan (Marge)

Kearney, NE, brother, Ar-

len (Irene) Hillius, Medi-

na, ND, sister, Shelly

(Michael) Fercho, Medina,

ND.

Shirley is preceded in

death by parents, Theo-

dore E. Jr and Emma L

Hillius, infant sister, Bon-

nie Lou, and brother, Jay

Steven.

There will be a private

graveside service at the

Medina, ND Cemetery at a

later date.

Memorials are preferred

to United Methodist

Church, Medina, ND.

Arrangements are in the

care of Eddy Funeral

Home, Jamestown, ND.