Emily Helen Newman

Emily Newman, age 100 years young, passed away peacefully in her home in Marysville, Washington on January 23, 2024. Emily was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1924, first born to Stephan and Treasa Simik. Emily was the loving mother to Linda (Brian) McIlrath, Donnarae (Tony) Ellena, Cheryl (James) Freeman, and Melanie (Gary) Clark. She is fondly remembered by her 11 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Emily is preceded I death by her husband Stanley R. Newman Jr.

Emily grew up in Chicago and was the first US citizen in her family. She lived through the Great Depression and World War II. It was during World War II that she had worked for Western Electric. After the war, she started a new career at Sears and Roebuck. She met Stanley Roman Nowicki (changed to Newman in 1949) Jr. in 1945, and they got married in September of 1946. Emily managed her new life with Rome, parenthood, and continued working at Sears and Roebuck Catalogue Division for forty years.

Emily and family moved to California in the 1967, taking a cross-country family road trip on Route 66 to get there. Emily and Rome bought their “red barn” home on Vanderhill Road in Torrence and began their new adventures in Southern California. Emily retired from Sears in 1986, and worked for the Torrence police department as a school crossing guard until she was 82 years old.

“Her Buddy” Rome passed away in 2004. Two years later, Emily started a new adventure in Marysville, Washington, where she enjoyed a joyful retirement with family, friends, and neighbors. Emily loved cooking, baking, quilting, and gardening. She loved her family and her friends, both old and new.

This woman was loved by so many over her nearly 100 years and will be remembered for many hundreds of years to come and be known as “Babi”.

Thank you for 100 years of loving us all!