The Topeka Daily Capital Tuesday March 7, 1961 J. Newell Abrahams. Funeral for J. Newell ABRAHAMS, 80, former prominent Topeka insurance man, will be at 2 p.m. today in Winter Park, Fla., where he died Saturday. He was owner of an insurance and bonding firm in Topeka more than 35 years before selling it to Webb Woodward in 1945. He was the uncle of J.H. Abrahams, 3637 York Way, president of the Security Benefit Life Insurance Co. Moving to Topeka from Maryland, Abrahams became active in the First Methodist Church. He moved to Winter Park in 1947. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Willnetta Thayer Abrahams; a brother, Howard Abrahams of North East, Md., and a sister, Miss Cornelia Abrahams of Port Deposit, Md. The Cox-Parker Funeral Home in Winter Park is in charge of arrangements.