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Obituary- Newman, Neil

Neil Russell Newman
VALLEY FALLS - Neil Russell Newman, 86, Feb. 13, 1992, at a Winchester nursing home.

Mr. Newman was a farmer. He also had worked for Samson Hardware and Plumbing, Bob Newman Plumbing and Valley Implement, all in Valley Falls.

He was born Dec. 4, 1905, near Valley Falls, the son of Louis and Myrtle Fletcher Newman, and attended rural schools near Valley Falls.

He was married to Blanche Viola Turner Dec. 31, 1935, in Oskaloosa. She died March 1, 1982. A son, Charles Newman, died in 1937. Another son, Russell Newman, died in 1958.

Survivors include two daughters, Patricia Swob, Lawrence, and Margie Deerfield, Wichita; a son, Richard Newman, Topeka; two sisters, Mildred Irwin and Nell Cromwell, both of Rossville; a brother, Ernest Newman, Nashville, Tenn.; five grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Nellis Funeral Home in Valley Falls. Burial will be in Valley Falls Cemetery. Mr. Newman will lie in state after 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Jefferson County Memorial Hospital Geriatric Center in Winchester, 66097.