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Herbert Theodore Neumann
3 Apr 1910 – 13 Jun 2014
| Birth | 3 Apr 1910 |
| Death | 13 Jun 2014 |
| Cemetery | Robinson Cemetery Robinson , McLennan County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Slick aka Sharon Erwin McNary on 01 Nov 2022 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131380076 |
Bio
Herbert Theodore Neumann, at the age of 104 years, died peacefully Friday, June 13, 2014, at Royal Manor Nursing Home. Services will be at 11 a.m., Tuesday, June 17, at the Pecan Grove Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Robinson Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, June 16, at the funeral home. To put his longevity into perspective, William Howard Taft was president of the United States when Herbert was born in Elm Mott, Texas, to the late John and Amelia Neumann, where his family farmed. He sometimes related adventures of hauling bales of cotton and other farm products down Elm Street and over the suspension bridge by horse and wagon. He attended Robinson Academy run by the legendary John Strauss. Herbert met Gertrude Elizabeth "Trudy" Wollitz while in Robinson. Herbert and Trudy farmed the acreage where the Mars Candy Company is now located. Herbert served on the Midway School Board for several years, where his children attended school. During the 1950s, Herbert bought land along Country Springs Road in Lorena and continued to farm and raise cattle. He built a house in Robinson at the site previously owned by Trudy's parents and commuted to the farm in Lorena. They lived near St. Johns United Church of Christ where he and Trudy were life-long members. They both loved Jesus Christ and they lived their lives as a testimony of this love. Herbert loved to fish. He was good at catching catfish using a rod and reel. He loved to go the coast for saltwater fishing whenever he could. In later years he became a golfer and often bragged that he could shoot his age, which very few people can accomplish. He was known as a tough competitor in a domino game. He was preceded in death by brothers: Johnny, Paul, Warner, and Buster; and sisters, Amanda Frosch, Wanda Riverie, Hilda Neyhard, and Ella Joines. Survivors include his wife of 80 years, Trudy, who shared a room with him at Royal Manor; daughters, Shirley Jankowiak and husband Len, and Dorothy Peevey and husband, Robert; son, Ted Neumann and wife, Doris; nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren; and many friends who loved him and will miss him. Waco Tribune-Herald: 6/14/2014 - 6/15/2014...T15
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