Paul Mathew Newman

Paul Mathew Newman, age 98, of Albion, Michigan, passed away on September 12, 2026, at home with his family by his side. He was born November 12, 1927, in Albion, Michigan to Erdman and Hazel (Romm) Newman.

Paul always had a story. He loved to chat. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. He took many trips camping and hunting to Wyoming and his favorite camping spot Up North. He especially loved ice fishing with his friends. Paul was an avid reader and would read anything and everything. He kept his library card updated to this very day. After leaving school at 16 years old, he found work on the Iron Ore boats on the Great Lakes. The following year, at 17, he joined the Merchant Marines and on his 18th birthday, he joined the United States Navy. After returning home, Paul worked with the Dean family doing masonry. He later bought a semi-truck and spent 30 plus years hauling steel as an owner/operator. After retirement from trucking, he worked for the City of Albion. He loved to take out his Model-A truck to parades and car shows. He also enjoyed spending time at his son, Paul’s, home helping out with projects around the house and checking out the garden, and fishing off his daughter, Leslie’s, dock.

Paul is survived by his children, Paul (Ellen Lazarus) Newman and Leslie (Jeffrey) Hale; grandchildren, Sarah Newman, Catherine Newman, Michael Newman, Nathan Hale and Brandon Hale, and 16 great-grandchildren; as well as many nieces and nephews.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy (Vaughn) Newman; parents Erdman and Hazel, siblings, Carl (Sonny) Newman, Erdman Newman, Alvin (Red) Newman, Bernice (Bill) Marino, Leona (Thom) Flynn, Dorcus (Mike) Klinkle and great-grandson Ethan Newman.

Special thank you to his special friend, Tammy Lebron, for her visits and the cookies and to his grandson, Isaiah, for stopping in to check on him and helping him eat them, his son-in-law, Jeff, for all of his help through the years, from planting his garden, mowing his lawn even when it wasn’t quite ready to cooking him dinner and his niece, Denise Thacker, for all of her support.

A graveside service with military honors will be held on Friday, September 18, 2026, at 1:00PM per his request at Riverside Cemetery, 1301 S. Superior St. Albion, MI 49224.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Paul’s memory to the American Legion Post 55.