CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF DON NEWMAN

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Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1998

Don Newman

WYNOT- Don Newman, 72, died Oct. 14, 1998, at his residence in Wynot.

Memorial Services were held Oct. 17 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 
Wynot, with Rev. Jay Kruse officiating.

Ashes were interred at the Wynot City Cemetery, under the direction of 
the Wintz Funeral Home, Hartington.

Don was born July 12, 1926, to Charles and Mabel R. (Henry) Newman, in 
Sioux City, Iowa. He married Donna Schroeder Sept. 10, 1948, in Stanton.

Don lived in Sioux City, Iowa until moving to Wynot in 1939. He was a 
1944 graduate of the Wynot High School. He served in the Navy from 1945 
to 1946. He returned to Wynot and worked for the Wynot Telephone Co. He 
later became the manager and retired in 1976. Don and his wife Donna 
owned and operated Newman's Bar from 1962-1993.

He was a member of the Wynot American Legion, Post #31, a former Wynot 
Town Board and School Board member. A former member of the United 
Methodist Church, and former member of the Wynot Volunteer Fire Department.

Survivors include his wife, Donna, Wynot; five children and their spouses, 
Tom Newman, Sutton; Jane and Keith Strande, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Bob and 
Trixie Newman, Montevideo, Minn.; Nancee and Roman Sudbeck, Hartington; 
Kelly and Tom LeBlanc, Omaha; six grandchildren, Ryan and Nikki Newman, 
Ross, Rory, and Miles Sudbeck, and Kirby LeBlanc; two step-grandchildren, 
Andy and Laura LeBlanc; and a brother, Earl Newman, Primghar, Iowa.

He was preceeded in death by his parents; and a sister, Edith Cole.