Obituary - Norfolk Daily News - 8 May 1945
Funeral services for Cecil J. Newman, 47, 215 Madison avenue, who died Sunday night at his home, were conducted Thursday afternoon at the Home for Funerals by Dr. Harry E. Hess, First Methodist church minister. The Norfolk American Legion post had charge of military rites. Burial was made in the American Legion lot in Prospect Hill cemetery, with the following serving as pallbearers: John N. Cox, Joe Wagner, Frank Blide, Ben Poellot, Dan Silkett and Emil Gruchow. Mr. Newman was born at Monaday, Iowa., Jan. 11, 1898, and when a small boy moved with his parents to Sioux City, where he attended school. He later moved to Rock Rapids, Iowa., and on July 8, 1917, at Luverne, Minn., enlisted in the United States army. He was assigned to the headquarters troop of the Sixth Army corps, and served overseas as a motorcycle messenger. He was honorably discharged from the Army April 2, 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois. He came to Norfolk in 1926 to work on the Hotel Norfolk building, and on July 24, 1926, was married to Miss Viola Bentz of Norfolk. With the exception of five years spent at Rock Rapids, Iowa., they had made Norfolk their home since their marriage. He was a carpenter by trade. In recent years, his health started to fail, and he went to Veterans' hospitals several times for treatment. He was a member of the Norfolk American Legion post. Surviving are his wife, one son, Kenneth; his mother, Mrs. Alice Newman, and three brothers Roy and Ben, Sioux City, and Charles Sioux Falls, S.D., and four sisters, Mrs. Anna Kellogg, Mrs. Clinton Kraft, Mrs. M.E. Almsteadt and Mrs. Si Schnake, all of Sioux City.
Funeral services for Cecil J. Newman, 47, 215 Madison avenue, who died Sunday night at his home, were conducted Thursday afternoon at the Home for Funerals by Dr. Harry E. Hess, First Methodist church minister. The Norfolk American Legion post had charge of military rites. Burial was made in the American Legion lot in Prospect Hill cemetery, with the following serving as pallbearers: John N. Cox, Joe Wagner, Frank Blide, Ben Poellot, Dan Silkett and Emil Gruchow. Mr. Newman was born at Monaday, Iowa., Jan. 11, 1898, and when a small boy moved with his parents to Sioux City, where he attended school. He later moved to Rock Rapids, Iowa., and on July 8, 1917, at Luverne, Minn., enlisted in the United States army. He was assigned to the headquarters troop of the Sixth Army corps, and served overseas as a motorcycle messenger. He was honorably discharged from the Army April 2, 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois. He came to Norfolk in 1926 to work on the Hotel Norfolk building, and on July 24, 1926, was married to Miss Viola Bentz of Norfolk. With the exception of five years spent at Rock Rapids, Iowa., they had made Norfolk their home since their marriage. He was a carpenter by trade. In recent years, his health started to fail, and he went to Veterans' hospitals several times for treatment. He was a member of the Norfolk American Legion post. Surviving are his wife, one son, Kenneth; his mother, Mrs. Alice Newman, and three brothers Roy and Ben, Sioux City, and Charles Sioux Falls, S.D., and four sisters, Mrs. Anna Kellogg, Mrs. Clinton Kraft, Mrs. M.E. Almsteadt and Mrs. Si Schnake, all of Sioux City.
Obituary - Norfolk Daily News - 8 May 1945
Funeral services for Cecil J. Newman, 47, 215 Madison avenue, who died Sunday night at his home, were conducted Thursday afternoon at the Home for Funerals by Dr. Harry E. Hess, First Methodist church minister. The Norfolk American Legion post had charge of military rites. Burial was made in the American Legion lot in Prospect Hill cemetery, with the following serving as pallbearers: John N. Cox, Joe Wagner, Frank Blide, Ben Poellot, Dan Silkett and Emil Gruchow. Mr. Newman was born at Monaday, Iowa., Jan. 11, 1898, and when a small boy moved with his parents to Sioux City, where he attended school. He later moved to Rock Rapids, Iowa., and on July 8, 1917, at Luverne, Minn., enlisted in the United States army. He was assigned to the headquarters troop of the Sixth Army corps, and served overseas as a motorcycle messenger. He was honorably discharged from the Army April 2, 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois. He came to Norfolk in 1926 to work on the Hotel Norfolk building, and on July 24, 1926, was married to Miss Viola Bentz of Norfolk. With the exception of five years spent at Rock Rapids, Iowa., they had made Norfolk their home since their marriage. He was a carpenter by trade. In recent years, his health started to fail, and he went to Veterans' hospitals several times for treatment. He was a member of the Norfolk American Legion post. Surviving are his wife, one son, Kenneth; his mother, Mrs. Alice Newman, and three brothers Roy and Ben, Sioux City, and Charles Sioux Falls, S.D., and four sisters, Mrs. Anna Kellogg, Mrs. Clinton Kraft, Mrs. M.E. Almsteadt and Mrs. Si Schnake, all of Sioux City.
Funeral services for Cecil J. Newman, 47, 215 Madison avenue, who died Sunday night at his home, were conducted Thursday afternoon at the Home for Funerals by Dr. Harry E. Hess, First Methodist church minister. The Norfolk American Legion post had charge of military rites. Burial was made in the American Legion lot in Prospect Hill cemetery, with the following serving as pallbearers: John N. Cox, Joe Wagner, Frank Blide, Ben Poellot, Dan Silkett and Emil Gruchow. Mr. Newman was born at Monaday, Iowa., Jan. 11, 1898, and when a small boy moved with his parents to Sioux City, where he attended school. He later moved to Rock Rapids, Iowa., and on July 8, 1917, at Luverne, Minn., enlisted in the United States army. He was assigned to the headquarters troop of the Sixth Army corps, and served overseas as a motorcycle messenger. He was honorably discharged from the Army April 2, 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois. He came to Norfolk in 1926 to work on the Hotel Norfolk building, and on July 24, 1926, was married to Miss Viola Bentz of Norfolk. With the exception of five years spent at Rock Rapids, Iowa., they had made Norfolk their home since their marriage. He was a carpenter by trade. In recent years, his health started to fail, and he went to Veterans' hospitals several times for treatment. He was a member of the Norfolk American Legion post. Surviving are his wife, one son, Kenneth; his mother, Mrs. Alice Newman, and three brothers Roy and Ben, Sioux City, and Charles Sioux Falls, S.D., and four sisters, Mrs. Anna Kellogg, Mrs. Clinton Kraft, Mrs. M.E. Almsteadt and Mrs. Si Schnake, all of Sioux City.
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