Paul E. SIMMER

SIMMER, ROSANDER, OLINGER, HAUGEN, PAULSON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 7/16/2012 at 04:24:32

Obituary - Paul E. Simmer

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
November of 2007

Clear Lake, IA - Paul E. SIMMER, 56, of Clear Lake, IA, died Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at his home. Funeral services will be held Monday, 10:30 AM, November 5, 2007 at Zion Lutheran Church, 112 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, with Rev. Dean HESS officiating. Interment will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake, IA. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at Zion Lutheran Church. Military Honors will be provided by the Clear Lake V.F.W. The family suggests memorials to the Paul E. SIMMER Memorial Fund.

Paul was born April 30, 1951 in Dolliver, IA, the son of Donald and Margaret (ROSANDER) SIMMER. He attended school in Dolliver and Clear Lake, graduating from Clear Lake in 1969. On May 29, 1974, Paul married Lorraine SCOTT in Clear Lake, IA. He worked at numerous jobs. He served as a Deputy Sheriff for the Geary County (Junction City) Kansas Sheriff's Dept. He also served as a Police Officer for the City of Laurens (Iowa) Police Department and the City of Pocahontas (Iowa) Police Department achieving the rank of Captain. He served as Records Clerk and the night shift commander. Paul worked at Econo Foods as Dairy/Shift Manager and then worked for the Dean Snyder Construction Company in Clear Lake. Due to his health he was forced to retire. Paul battled lymphoma and leukemia for many years.

Paul enjoyed tinkering in his woodshop know as "Grandpas hobby Hut." He was proud of the swinging cradle he made for his first granddaughter. He enjoyed planting and taking care of his flowers, putting puzzles together and working crossword puzzles. He also collected toy emergency vehicles.

Paul served in the U.S. Army for three years as a Military policemen. He was a graduate of the Iowa law Enforcement Academy, a former Clear Lake Fire Fighter and was the past president of the Pocahontas county Police Officers Association.

Paul is survived by his three sons, Derek and his wife Angele of Huntsville, AL, Sean who is serving with the U.S. Marines in Parris Island, SC and Christopher of Atlanta, GA. Two granddaughters Jordyn and Jayme SIMMER of Huntsville, AL; his mother Margaret SIMMER of Clear Lake; three sisters, Karen OLINGER, Clear Lake, Dixie HAUGEN and husband Larry, Clear Lake and Sandy and her husband Dale, Mason City, IA; eight brothers, Larry SIMMER, Clear Lake, Richard SIMMER, Costa Mesa, CA, Robert SIMMER and his wife Colleen, Clear Lake, Dennis SIMMER, Clear Lake, Francis SIMMER and his special friend, Shelley PAULSON, Ventura, IA, Dale SIMMER, Mason City, IA, Tim SIMMER, Clear Lake, and Tom SIMMER, Clear Lake; and sisters-in-law Paula, Prescott, IA and Brenda SIMMER, Ventura, IA.

He was preceded in death by his daughter, Grace Renee, his father Donald SIMMER Sr., two brothers, Fredrick and Donald Jr., a brother-in-law, Merle OLINGER, a sister-in-law Shelley SIMMER and his grandparents.

Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, IA 50428 (641)357-2193 www.colonialchapels.com

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, July of 2012

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