K5GBT 1925 - 2000 Newton R. Pillstrom Ft Smith, AR QCWA # 23958 Chapter 176 First Call: KN5GBT in 1961 Newton R. Pillstrom, 75, of Fort Smith died Monday, Aug. 28, 2000, in Fort Smith.He was a Navy veteran and a member of Eastern Star, Masons, the Fort Smith Area Amateur Radio Club, the American Society of Clinical Pathologists and was a retired medical technologist for Sparks Regional Medical Center after 39 years.Funeral was in Woodlawn Memorial Park Chapel with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Fort Smith under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home of Fort Smith. He is survived by three daughters, DeeAnn Mushrush, Jeannie Vines, and Nita Canady, all of Fort Smith; three sisters, Dee Shaffer and Mary Ann Young, both of Ozark, and Sally Jones of Cecil; two brothers, Edward of California and Lawrence of Fort Smith; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were Bill and Raymond Canady, Dennis Vines, Mark Landers, Michael Newton Pillstrom, Christopher Newton and James Newton Pillstrom.