Alice Newmann

Alice Rosetta (Hudson) Newmann, of Elgin, Texas, died Tuesday, July 7, 2015, at her daughter's home in Elgin at the age of 90 years, 3 months and 3 days. She was born in California, to Ethel (Richardson) and Melvin Eckhardt Hudson on April 4, 2015. Alice grew up following her father, who was in the construction business across the United States, including projects such as the Los Angeles Metropolitan Aqueduct and the Delaware Tunnel under the Hudson River. During World War II, she met a sailor from Mercedes, Texas, on a train. The sailor's name was Herman Louis Newmann (1923-1993) and they were married on October 15, 1945, in Albany, California. After the war, they made their home in Mercedes, Texas where Herman worked as an air conditioning mechanic for commercial projects. After having four children, they moved their family to Austin, Texas. In 1962, they started their own mechanical construction business and did projects from one end of Texas to the other. In approximately 1976, they moved their business and their home to Elgin. In 1989, they closed their business and Herman passed away shortly afterwards on December 7, 1993. Alice remained in Elgin and never remarried; she always felt she was still married to her "Lover Boy" Herman. Alice was a life-long member of the Methodist Church and an active member of the First United Methodist Church of Elgin, where the children and many adults knew her as "Granny." She was a devoted wife, a loving mother, and a behind-the-scenes servant of Christ. Alice is survived by her four children, Martin Louis Newmann of Elgin, Linda Lou Hunt of California and Costa Rica, Kathy Rose Berger of Colorado, and Alice Ann Hanna of Elgin; ten grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.Memorials may be made in Alice"s Memory to: Elgin First United Methodist Church Children's Ministry and Outreach at 216 West 3rd, Elgin, TX 78621, or the American Heart Association.A Memorial Service will be conducted at the First United Methodist Church of Elgin at 2:00 PM Tuesday, July 14th with the Reverend Joyce McCormick officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Elgin.