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William Floyd “Billy” Newburn

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William Floyd “Billy” Newburn

Birth
Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, USA
Death
16 Feb 2022 (aged 80)
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Maywood, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Son of Floyd Paul Newburn and Florence Louise Stewart Newburn.

Married to Jeanne Lenora Newton Lewis on January 1, 1992.
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William "Billy" Newburn of Leavenworth, Kansas passed away on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at the age of eighty. After years of declining health due to Parkinson's, he died peacefully at the University of Kansas Hospital with his beloved wife Jeanne, his daughter Barbara and two of his granddaughters, Chastidy and Crystal by his side.

Billy was born on May 4, 1941 in Hutchinson, Kansas to Floyd and Florence [Stewart} Newburn. As a teenager, his family moved to California. He graduated from Pacific Grove High School in 1959. As a young man he worked as a contractor, where he painted numerous celebrity homes, including Dolly Parton, Michael J Fox, David Crosby and Lionel Richie. Shortly after, he began working foe Rockwell International painting space shuttles during the seventies and eighties. He spent 17 years with Rockwell. At the age of 49 he retired and moved back to Hutchinson, Kansas.

As fate would have it, in 1990 he met his beautiful bride and soulmate Jeanne. They married January 1, 1992. During their 30 year marriage, they enjoyed many things, including country dancing, traveling to visit family, antiquing and simply being together. They worked at their son-in-law's coffee shop (The Daily Grind, Fort Leavenworth) between 1998-2006. Billy was the most amazing barista, he thoroughly enjoyed meeting new people and was always up for a conversation. He did not know a stranger and would give the shirt off his back to anyone in need. He was an amazing father and an even more amazing grandfather and great-grandfather. Billy was an incredibly charismatic and good man. Billy was incredibly loved and will be missed by every heart he touched.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Floyd and Florence [Stewart} Newburn.

Billy is survived by his loving wife, Jeanne Newburn; children, Rhonda [Lee] Kliman, Debra [Davis] Davis, Barbara [Al} Simon, Nancy [Alan] Figgs, Richard Lewis and Wayne [Leslie] Lewis; many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985
Name: William F Newburn
Age: 19
Est. Birth: abt 1942
Spouse Name: Sharon E Harvell
Spouse Age: 16
Est. Spouse Birth: abt 1945
Date: 18 Mar 1961
Location: Kern

U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
Name: William Floyd Newburn
Birth Date: 4 May 1941
Phone Number: 263-1542
Address:
1)100 W 6th Ave, South Hutchinson, KS, 67505-1334 (1992)
2)[1948 SW Sims Ave, Topeka, KS, 66604-3545 (1992)]
3)[2124 SE 21st Ter, Topeka, KS, 66605-1728 (1993)]
4)550 N West St Central, Wichita, KS, 67203-1209 (1995)
5)[238 SW Gage Blvd, Topeka, KS, 66606-2054 (1996)]
6)[3436 SW Watson Av, Topeka, KS, 66614]
7)[3424 Tudor Dr, Leavenworth, KS, 66048-5327]
Son of Floyd Paul Newburn and Florence Louise Stewart Newburn.

Married to Jeanne Lenora Newton Lewis on January 1, 1992.
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William "Billy" Newburn of Leavenworth, Kansas passed away on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at the age of eighty. After years of declining health due to Parkinson's, he died peacefully at the University of Kansas Hospital with his beloved wife Jeanne, his daughter Barbara and two of his granddaughters, Chastidy and Crystal by his side.

Billy was born on May 4, 1941 in Hutchinson, Kansas to Floyd and Florence [Stewart} Newburn. As a teenager, his family moved to California. He graduated from Pacific Grove High School in 1959. As a young man he worked as a contractor, where he painted numerous celebrity homes, including Dolly Parton, Michael J Fox, David Crosby and Lionel Richie. Shortly after, he began working foe Rockwell International painting space shuttles during the seventies and eighties. He spent 17 years with Rockwell. At the age of 49 he retired and moved back to Hutchinson, Kansas.

As fate would have it, in 1990 he met his beautiful bride and soulmate Jeanne. They married January 1, 1992. During their 30 year marriage, they enjoyed many things, including country dancing, traveling to visit family, antiquing and simply being together. They worked at their son-in-law's coffee shop (The Daily Grind, Fort Leavenworth) between 1998-2006. Billy was the most amazing barista, he thoroughly enjoyed meeting new people and was always up for a conversation. He did not know a stranger and would give the shirt off his back to anyone in need. He was an amazing father and an even more amazing grandfather and great-grandfather. Billy was an incredibly charismatic and good man. Billy was incredibly loved and will be missed by every heart he touched.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Floyd and Florence [Stewart} Newburn.

Billy is survived by his loving wife, Jeanne Newburn; children, Rhonda [Lee] Kliman, Debra [Davis] Davis, Barbara [Al} Simon, Nancy [Alan] Figgs, Richard Lewis and Wayne [Leslie] Lewis; many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985
Name: William F Newburn
Age: 19
Est. Birth: abt 1942
Spouse Name: Sharon E Harvell
Spouse Age: 16
Est. Spouse Birth: abt 1945
Date: 18 Mar 1961
Location: Kern

U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
Name: William Floyd Newburn
Birth Date: 4 May 1941
Phone Number: 263-1542
Address:
1)100 W 6th Ave, South Hutchinson, KS, 67505-1334 (1992)
2)[1948 SW Sims Ave, Topeka, KS, 66604-3545 (1992)]
3)[2124 SE 21st Ter, Topeka, KS, 66605-1728 (1993)]
4)550 N West St Central, Wichita, KS, 67203-1209 (1995)
5)[238 SW Gage Blvd, Topeka, KS, 66606-2054 (1996)]
6)[3436 SW Watson Av, Topeka, KS, 66614]
7)[3424 Tudor Dr, Leavenworth, KS, 66048-5327]


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