LEWMAN, Frank - Putnam

Cleveland, O – Frank C. Lewman, former chairman of the board of Richman Brothers Company, men’s clothing firm and a native of Putnam County, Indiana died yesterday in his home in the Cleveland Suburb of Orange Village. He was 74 years old. Mr. Lewman was board chairman in 1950-55 and a director until last year.  He was with the firm for 50 years and was its president in 1936-1950. Mr. Lewman who worked in his father’s general store in Bainbridge, Ind as a youth was an accountant. He attended school while working at the Presto-O-Lite Company in Indianapolis. He went to Richman Brothers in 1913 on special assignment to install a more efficient mail room system. He was a director of the Society for Savings and a trustee of Medical Mutual of Cleveland and the Animal Protective League and served as chairman.

From: findagrave

Name: Lewman, Frank C.

Date: Jul 11 1964 (died 9 July) born 2 Jan 1890

Source: Plain Dealer, Reel #127

Notes: Lewman. Frank C. Lewman age 74, husband of Lyda M. (Williams), father of Mrs. William R. Wichiman, grandfather of Penny Wightman, brother of Mrs. Mae Grider and Mrs. Ruth Van Cleeve of Bainbridge, Ind. Friends may call at the Shaker Home of Brown-Forward, 17022 Chagrin Blvd., where services will be held at 1 p. m. Saturday. Those who wish may send contribution to the Cleveland Area Heart Fund. Entombment in Knollwood Mausoleum.

Buried: Knollwood Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio – no tombstone on findagrave