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Obituary- Newman, Ralph
Ralph T. Newman
Ralph T. Newman, 85, Topeka, died Wednesday, Nov. 15,1995, at a Topeka retirement home.
Mr. Newman was a school teacher and administrator. He taught and served as principal at Rossville Elementary School for two years, taught at Silver Lake three years and in Jackson County for 15 years and was the principal at Elmont School and the Seaman School District for 12 years before he retired in 1975. He also farmed in Jackson County.
He was born Dec. 19, 1909, in Mayetta, the son of Ed and Orpha Larkins Newman. He was graduated from Circleville High School and earned a bachelor’s degree and a master's degree at Washburn University.
Mr. Newman was a member of Lowman United Methodist Church, Circleville Lodge No. 20 AF&AM, Orient Lodge No. 512 AF&AM and Circleville Chapter No. 293 of the Order of the, Eastern Star where he was past patron. He was past president of High 12 and the Sons of the American Revolution.
He was married to Eunice M. Proctor on Feb. 10,1934, in Platte City, Mo. She survives.
Other survivors include a son, John D. Newman, Castle Rock, Colo.; two daughters, Sally Jo Craig, Independence, Mo., and Mary Gladfelter, Madrid, Mo.; two sisters, Betty Guthrie, Glendora, Calif., and Inez Wickland, Altadena, Calif.; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Lowman United Methodist Church. Burial will be at the Holton Cemetery. Mr. Newman will lie in state after noon today at the Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home where relatives and friends will meet from 6 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made Lowman United Methodist Church, 4000 S.W. Drury Lane, Topeka, 66604, or to the Shriners Crippled Children's Fund and sent in care of the Arab Shrine, 1205 S. Kansas Ave., Topeka, 66612.
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