I met Al Newhart for the first time at the 1996 Adventist Theological Society meeting in Philadelphia. He was operating American Cassette Ministries at the time. I was impressed with his strong commitment to the Adventist Message, and inspired by his ministry. We became friends. He was a big fan of Fulcrum7. May God bless his family, and inspire others with his memory.
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Albert Leroy Newhart Jr., 94, of Ooltewah, TN, passed away Saturday, July 13, 2024. A native of Bloomsburg, PA, he was a veteran of the U.S. Army Intelligence serving in Japan during the Korean War, and an engineer at the Bell Telephone Company. He was a member of the Harrisburg First Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Harrisburg, PA, where he was head deacon for many years. He also served as a board member of Blue Mountain Academy in Hamburg, PA. He was founder and director of American Cassette Ministries, a non-profit ministry now known as American Christian Ministries, from 1975 to present.
He is preceded in death by his first wife of 41 years, Rosemarie Welkom Newhart; daughter, Cathy Newhart; parents, Albert Leroy Newhart Sr. and Vera Mae Beyer Newhart; two sisters, Marjorie Newhart Walker and Janice Newhart Parsons; and three brothers, John Beyer, William Newhart and Fred Newhart.
He is survived by his second wife of 26 years, Marion Streidl Newhart of Ooltewah, TN.; daughter, Karen Newhart Holland of Hilton Head Island, S.C.; three sons, Alan (Lynette) Newhart of Hampshire, TN., Lance Newhart of Geneva, Switzerland, and Glen (Veronica) Newhart of St. Helena, CA.; nine grandchildren, Lauren Holland (Jonathon) Cherne, Lindsey Holland, Kara Elise Holland (Giovanni) Ciccarone, Anne Elizabeth Newhart, Allison Newhart, Alyssa Newhart (Mehmet) Erdem, Wesley Newhart, Jake Newhart, and Ryan Newhart; and 7 great-grandchildren, Rebekah, Hannah, Julianna, and Eliana Cherne, Julia and Ella Ciccarone, and Rainier Weber.
Memorial service will be Friday, August 9th, 2024, at 7:00 P.M. at the Harrisburg First Seventh-day Adventist Church 424 N Progress Ave, Harrisburg, PA 17109. Internment at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville, PA, will be private.
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