Age 61, Lawton - Services will be 1:00 PM Wednesday in the First Christian Church with Rev. Kim Hames, Pastor, officiating. Mr. Newell died Saturday in a local hospital. Burial with Lawton Police Department and Marine Corps honors will be in the Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6:00 - 8:00 PM Tuesday at the funeral home. He was born on January 24, 1947 in Mount Holly, New Jersey to Melvin A. and Elsie E. (Narowski) Newell, Sr. His father died at an early age and he was raised by his mother and stepfather, James H. Toups, Sr. He graduated from Elgin High School in 1965. He joined the US Marine Corps on November 15, 1966 and was honorably discharged as a Sergeant on September 2, 1970. He served two tours in Vietnam in 1968 and 1970. He served as a Police Officer for the Lawton Police Department from October 14, 1970 until April 27, 1992. He retired as a Captain. He married Phylis Long in Lawton on October 4, 1972. He worked for Aubrey Chevrolet from September 8, 1997 until his death. He was a member and a deacon at the First Christian Church. He was also a member of the Fraternal Order of Police, Southwest Oklahoma Street Rod Association, and the Masonic Lodge #540, where he was a 32nd Degree Mason and a Shriner Clown. Survivors include his wife of the home; a daughter, Lori Lynn Newell of Framington, Massachusetts; a son, John G. Newell, II, of Lawton; his stepmother, Dorothy Toups; six brothers and sisters, Carol Jean Robinson and her husband, John, of Canton, Oklahoma, James H. Toups, Jr., and his wife, Donna, of Lawton, John S. Vaughn of Texas, Reecie Marlow and her husband, Martin, of Cache, Jackie Owens and his wife, Lynn, of San Antonio, Texas, and Daena Blake of Des Moines, Iowa; several nieces and nephews including Carolyne Paradiso and her husband, Mike, of Lawton, David Blackburn of Lawton, Jennifer Robertson of Canton and Christina Toups of Lawton; and several grand nieces and grand nephews including Cathleen, Courtney and Michael Paradiso, all of Lawton, and James and Elizabeth Robertson, both of Canton. His parents and stepfather, James H. Toups, Sr., preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Christian Church, 701 SW 'D' Avenue, Lawton, Oklahoma 73501 or to the India Shrine Center, 3601 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112.