Newton R. Wallen, Sr. was born on Saturday, November 28, 1936 in New Jersey. He was a son of Edna Mae (Behm) and Furman Newton Wallen.

In the 1940 census, he was living with his parents and siblings at 409 East Vine Street in Millville, Cumberland County, NJ.

Newton served as a private in the U.S. Marines during the Korean conflict in the early 1950s. Later he was a police officer in Pennsauken, Camden County, NJ.

He married Judith Bernadette Welch who was born circa 1940 and they had five children.

1. Judith (Wallen) Wolfe

2. Bernadette (Wallen) DeSimone

3. Newton R. Wallen, Jr

4. Daniel Wallen

5. Rodney Wallen

Newton died on October 17, 2003 at the age of 66. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Cherry Hill, NJ.

Judith died on November 3, 2005 at the age of 65. She is also buried at Calvary Cemetery.