In Memory Of
John Richard Newlin
1941
2018
John Richard Newlin
August 2, 1941 — March 22, 2018
John Newlin, 76, passed away March 22, 2018. John was born in Chillicothe, Missouri in 1941 to Richard Foster and Ruth Kellett Newlin. He attended Prairie School, Pembroke-Country Day and Shawnee Mission East. He was a graduate of the University of Kansas and the Army Language School, and served in the U.S. Army Security Agency.
He devoted much of his working life to words -- as an English major; intelligence man at Fort Meade, Maryland; newspaper editor in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; advertising agency account executive; corporate communications director and writer. At age 50, he went back to school and started a second career, founding his own interior design firm. At age 60, he was lucky enough to meet and win the hand of the beautiful Julie Casterman.
He was a reader, a traveler, a jazz enthusiast, an avid but incompetent golfer and a fan of beverages distilled in Kentucky.
He leaves his wife, Julie Casterman Newlin; a son, Stewart Newlin Jones; and two step-daughters he helped raise: Elizabeth Brooke Bañuelos, San Pedro, California, and Laura Reese Spencer-Morris, Kansas City. He leaves two additional step-children he liked to think of as his own: Jason Conner and Rachel McIntyre Royer. Finally, he leaves eight grandchildren: Jeremy Sebastian, Maximiliano Alonzo and Diego Valentino Bañuelos; Will Foster Morris; Colton James and Ashlyn Lauren Connor; and Esmé and Neve Royer.
He asks that any donations be given to KANU-FM at the University of Kansas in support of jazz programming. To arrange, call 785-864-5268.
A private interment will be held at a later date.
He devoted much of his working life to words -- as an English major; intelligence man at Fort Meade, Maryland; newspaper editor in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; advertising agency account executive; corporate communications director and writer. At age 50, he went back to school and started a second career, founding his own interior design firm. At age 60, he was lucky enough to meet and win the hand of the beautiful Julie Casterman.
He was a reader, a traveler, a jazz enthusiast, an avid but incompetent golfer and a fan of beverages distilled in Kentucky.
He leaves his wife, Julie Casterman Newlin; a son, Stewart Newlin Jones; and two step-daughters he helped raise: Elizabeth Brooke Bañuelos, San Pedro, California, and Laura Reese Spencer-Morris, Kansas City. He leaves two additional step-children he liked to think of as his own: Jason Conner and Rachel McIntyre Royer. Finally, he leaves eight grandchildren: Jeremy Sebastian, Maximiliano Alonzo and Diego Valentino Bañuelos; Will Foster Morris; Colton James and Ashlyn Lauren Connor; and Esmé and Neve Royer.
He asks that any donations be given to KANU-FM at the University of Kansas in support of jazz programming. To arrange, call 785-864-5268.
A private interment will be held at a later date.
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