Robert + Katherine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Raymond + KIME, Virginia. Virginia (daughter of KIME, Ben M and Mary) was born on 27 Jul 1918 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 29 Nov 2015 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Posted: Friday, December 4, 2015 3:32 pm


Virginia (Kime) Newman of Lewiston, passed from this life on November 29, 2015 at Our Lady of Peace Nursing Care Residence, where she had lived for the past several years due to a chronic illness. Virginia was a lifetime resident of the Niagara Falls area, having been born to Ben and May Kime on July 27, 1918 at Mount St. Mary's Hospital.

She attended local schools including Maple Avenue School, the former North Junior High School and Niagara Falls High School. She received a degree in Business Administration from Niagara University in 1941, being one of the first female graduates of that school. She later received a Masters Degree in Education from Buffalo State University. In 1941 Virginia married her high school sweetheart, Raymond C.. Newman, with whom she raised two sons. Raymond predeceased her in 2007, ending their 66 year old marriage. Virginia taught elementary education at the former Pacific Avenue School and 60th. Street School for 22 years. She then devoted much of her time to volunteer work at Mount St. Mary's Hospital for 20 years, and afterwards traveled with Ray, visiting and caring for her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and caring for her dogs.

Survivors include her elder son, John C. Newman, M.D. of Lewiston, and younger son, Robert (Katherine) Newman of Hudson, OH; three grandchildren, Raymond (Margaret) Newman of Lancaster, PA, James (Susan) Newman of Hudson, OH and Colleen Newman of Brecksville, OH; four great-grandchildren, Edwin and Charles Newman of Lancaster, and Julia and Jacob Newman of Hudson; and a close friend, Colleen A. O'Leary of Lewiston. Family extends a special thanks to the staff of Our Lady of Peace, for the care she was given during her stay.

Friends may call at the DUBOIS FUNERAL HOME, 2436 Niagara Road, (Bergholz) in Wheatfield on Friday (Dec.11) from 4-7 p.m. A private interment with the family will take place at Riverdale Cemetery on December 12. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Our Lady of Peace Nursing Care Residence, 5285 Lewiston Road, Lewiston, NY 14092, or Niagara County SPCA, 2100 Lockport Road, Niagara Falls, NY 14304.

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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 4/26/1943

NIAGARA FALLS-Burial In
Riverdale Cemetery today followed
last rites for. Ben M. Kime, 52,
native of Lockport and foreman
in the Niagara Falls Parks Department
for 15 years, who died Saturday
after a short illness. A resident
of the Power City most of
his life, Mr. Kime lived at 1963
Macklem Ave.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Mary Klme; a daughter, Mrs. Raymond
C. Newman both of Niagara
Falls; his father, Everett Kime,
Lockport; and a sister, Mrs,
Marlon Darby, Tampa, Fla.

Ben + Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]