Freda O. Newlin, 95, of Abington, a retired city health department clerical worker who sang opera with the New Dra Mu Opera Company and volunteered to teach children at her church, died April 19, 2022 from complications of congestive heart failure.Freda O. Newlin, 95, a former clerical supervisor for the Philadelphia Health Department, died Tuesday, April 19, from complications of congestive heart failure at her Abington home.
Freda Olivia Newlin was born April 25, 1926, in Philadelphia, the only child of Anita R. Marshall Moore and Walter D. Moore. After graduating from Germantown High School in 1944, she began her clerical work at the Naval Weapons Station. Parker described her mother as “a caregiver, who was gentle in spirit. She didn’t speak harshly, and she loved to laugh. She could find humor in everything. She wasn’t cruel. But she always had witty sayings, and people loved to be around her.”In addition to singing, Mrs. Newlin loved education and reading.