{"id":49948,"date":"2026-10-22T15:13:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=49948"},"modified":"2026-10-22T15:13:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:13:46","slug":"jeffery-lee-niccum-66-of-newton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/49948-jeffery-lee-niccum-66-of-newton\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffery Lee Niccum (66) of Newton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\nJeffrey Lee Niccum, age 66, of Newton, Illinois, passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at his home.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A service of remembrance will be held from 1:00 to 3:00 PM on Saturday, November 14, 2026, at the Jasper Post #20 American Legion in Newton, Illinois.\u00a0\u00a0 In loving memory of Jeff, memorials may be made to the family.\u00a0 Arrangements are under the care of the Meyer Funeral Home in Newton, Illinois.\u00a0 The obituary can be viewed and condolences left at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meyerfh.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.meyerfh.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1792784819529000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1kX3ElPahTv4vGMI1VgKEZ\">www.meyerfh.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeffrey was born on August 2, 1960, in Olney, Illinois, the son of Rose Marie (Gasso) and Kenneth Tate.\u00a0 He graduated from Newton Community High School with the Class of 1978.\u00a0 Following high school, Jeff began his career in auto body repair and started working for Ed Shelly at Newton Body Shop.\u00a0 He worked at Newton Body Shop for over 20 years and later worked at Walk\u2019s Autobody and retired from Ruholl Auto Body in Teutopolis, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeff was a member of the Jasper Squadron #20 Sons of the American Legion and Moose Lodge.\u00a0 He was an avid sports fan and loved classic cars.\u00a0 He also enjoyed spending time with his best friend Chod Painter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeff is survived by: Brother \u2013 John Tate of Newton, Illinois, Sisters \u2013 Leslie (Mike) Apple of Newton, Illinois; Kathy (Doug) Hawkins of Oblong, Illinois; Janis (Jesse) Riveria of Krum, Texas and Beth (Mike) Walker of Edgewood, Illinois and several nieces and nephews<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeff was preceded in death by his parents, sister Lisa French, niece Tisha Nicole Green and brother-in-law Scott Green.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Jeffrey Lee Niccum, age 66, of Newton, Illinois, passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at his home.\u00a0 A service of remembrance will be held from 1:00 to 3:00 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":49949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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