Jimmy L. 'Jim' Newcomer
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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He was born Sept. 14, 1928, to Edgar and Ethel Nettrour Newcomer. On June 16, 1945, in Bremen, he married Helen M. Heminger, who survives.
A lifetime Nappanee resident, he was the owner/operator of Arrow Motor Homes. He attended Nappanee High School. He built the first log-type home in Nappanee, and Newcomer Street in Nappanee was named after him. He was a member of Living Gospel Church, Nappanee.
Surviving are three sons, Terry A. and Larry L. Newcomer, both of Nappanee, and Michael L. Newcomer, Bremen; six grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and five step-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother and a great-granddaughter.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Sept. 8 at Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee. Cremation will occur. Burial will be in South Union Cemetery.
Calling is one hour prior to services at the funeral home.
Memorials to Parkinson's Disease or the American Heart Association.[[In-content Ad]]
He was born Sept. 14, 1928, to Edgar and Ethel Nettrour Newcomer. On June 16, 1945, in Bremen, he married Helen M. Heminger, who survives.
A lifetime Nappanee resident, he was the owner/operator of Arrow Motor Homes. He attended Nappanee High School. He built the first log-type home in Nappanee, and Newcomer Street in Nappanee was named after him. He was a member of Living Gospel Church, Nappanee.
Surviving are three sons, Terry A. and Larry L. Newcomer, both of Nappanee, and Michael L. Newcomer, Bremen; six grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and five step-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother and a great-granddaughter.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Sept. 8 at Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee. Cremation will occur. Burial will be in South Union Cemetery.
Calling is one hour prior to services at the funeral home.
Memorials to Parkinson's Disease or the American Heart Association.[[In-content Ad]]
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