Nell Marie Newman Cromwell

1900 - 2001  (100 years)

• Name	Nell Marie Newman Cromwell
  Nickname	Nellie
  Born	22 Jun 1900	Valley Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	23 Feb 2001	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Cremated	Cremated
  Person ID	I3114	Rossville
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Louis A Newman
  Mother	Myrtle Fletcher Newman,   b. 1876
  Family ID	F1720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William R Cromwell,   d. 11 Mar 1935, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
  Married	29 Jan 1929	Independence, Jackson County, Missouri
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2019 23:27:59
  Family ID	F1721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Cromwell, Nell 1 Nell M. Cromwell Nell Marie Cromwell, 100, Rossville, died Friday, February 23, 2001, at Rossville Valley Manor. She was born June 22, 1900 at Valley Falls, the daughter of Louis A. and Myrtle Fletcher Newman. She grew up in the Boyle community. In 1918 she went to work for Dr. Joe Cowherd in Kansas City, MO, caring for newborns and children under his care. Her work took her to St. Louis, Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia, Joplin and Ponca City to deliver children to doctors who were specialists in their field. She worked in Kansas City until 1944, when she returned to Valley Falls to help care for her ailing parents until they died. She then worked part-time in Kansas City, MO until August 1987, when she moved to Rossville to be near her ailing sister. She was member of the First Christian Church, Valley Falls, Ladies Aid, and the Christian Women’s Fellowship and assisted in repairing and cleaning things to sell in the Thrift Shop. She was a charter member of the Valley Falls Historical Society. She married William R. Cromwell on January 29, 1929 at the Country Club Christian Church, Independence, MO. He died on March 11, 1935 in Kansas City, MO. She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Mary Murl and Mildred Irvin, and three brothers, Lee Newman, Harry Newman, and Neil Newman. The only immediate survivor is a brother, Ernest Newman, LaVergne, TN. Mrs. Cromwell was cremated. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Private inurnment was in Memorial Park Cemetery in Kansas City, MO.
  		Obituary- Cromwell, Nell 2 ROSSVILLE – Nell Marie Cromwell, 100, Rossville, died Friday, Feb 23, 2001, at a Rossville nursing home. Mrs. Cromwell went to work for Dr. Joe Cowherd in Kansas City, MO, in 1918, caring for newborns and children under his care. Her work took her to St. Louis, Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia, Joplin, MO., and Ponca City, Okla., as she delivered children for treatment by specialists. She worked in Kansas City, Mo., until 1944 and then returned to Valley Falls to care for her parents. She later worked part time in Kansas City, MO., from 1966 to 1987. She was born June 22, 1900, in Valley Falls, the daughter of Louis A. and Myrtle Fletcher Newman. She was raised at Boyle. She moved to Rossville in 1987. Mrs. Cromwell was a member of the First Christian Church in Valley Falls, the Ladies Aid, Christian Women’s Fellowship. She assisted in repair and cleaning of items to sell in the Thrift Shop. She also was a charter member of the Valley Falls Historical Society. She married William R. Cromwell on Jan. 29, 1929 in Independence Mo. He died March 11, 1935. Survivors include a brother, Ernest Newman, Lavergne, Tenn. Mrs. Cromwell was cremated. Memorial services will be private. Inurnment in Memorial Park Cemetery in Kansas City, Mo., also will be private. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Christian Church of Valley Falls or to the Historical Society of Valley Falls, sent in care of Davidson Funeral Home in Topeka.