James "Jim" Martin Neuman

James Jim Martin Neuman, 79, (one month shy of his 80th birthday), passed away at 4:09pm, Monday, November 27, 2017, at Memorial Medical Center. He was born December 28, 1937 in Springfield to Virgil and Edith Mendenhall Neuman. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother Jackie Charles Neuman. A retired farmer, he worked on his family farm for 40 years; he was a great sheep herder and hay baler! Jim loved to bowl at the Chatham Lanes, enjoyed playing cards (taught by his Uncle Tom), and putting puzzles together. He watched action Westerns and was fond of John Wayne and Clint Eastwood. He was a regular at the Chatham Hardees Coffee Club and a Gold Medal winner in the Special Olympics for Bocci Ball, multiple times. Jim was an avid Cardinal Baseball fan. He will be greatly missed by his brothers, Gene (Janet) Neuman of Pleasant Plains and Larry (Donna) Neuman of Chatham; sister-in-law Patricia Neuman of Chatham; many nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and nephews. His family will greet friends from 9am until the time of the funeral ceremony at 10:30am, Thursday, November 30 at Chatham United Methodist Church, 104 West Chestnut Street, Chatham, IL, 62629, with Reverend Sara Isbell officiating. Burial will follow at Chatham Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Brother James Court, 2508 St. James Road, Springfield, Illinois, 62707.