Robert Neuman Obituary

Robert L. "Bob" Neuman a former resident of Shelbyville, Indiana, passed away December 30th, 2024. Bob was born on January 3, 1932, in a house on Noble St. to parents Ruth (James) Neuman and Lewis A. Neuman.

Bob attended St. Joseph Catholic Church and school as alter boy and student respectively. He was a 1950 graduate of Shelbyville High School and went on to pursue a teaching degree and master's degree from Ball State University. He was also a member of Sigma Epsilon fraternity and ROTC.

Bob met wife, Ann (Cain) Neuman at Ball State and they married in 1954.

Stationed in Japan, Bob went on to serve during the Korean war as a Captain in the United States Air Force as a combat aircraft controller.

Afterwards, Bob began to teach countless students English, grammar, social studies, civics as well as guidance counseling, coaching basketball, football and softball in New Castle, IN, Scottsdale, Arizona and Lawrence, IN schools.

In 1980 he entered a successful second career as a real estate broker with Tucker Realty in Indianapolis retiring in 1999. Upon retirement, he and Ann moved back to beloved Arizona, residing at Sunbird Retirement Community in Chandler, AZ to pursue golf, tennis, horseshoes, writing articles for the Sunbird and Shelbyville newspapers and performing deacon church duties until 2021.

A life well lived, Bob leaves behind two surviving daughters, one son-in-law, four grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren with one on the way. His wife, parents, a brother, and a daughter preceded him in death. A memorial mass will be said at Saint Agnes church in Nashville, Indiana come early spring.