DYER, Florence E. (nee Jacobs) (Simons) 1917-2003

SIMONS, DYER, RANSOM, JACOBS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/8/2009 at 21:54:20

FLORENCE E. SIMONS DYER

SPEARFISH, So. Dakota - Florence E. Simons Dyer, 85, of Spearfish, died Saturday (April 5, 2003) at Lookout Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Greenwood Cemetery in Upton, Wyoming.

Florence E. Jacobs was born November 12, 1917, in Rockford, Iowa, to William and Zelda (Ransom) Jacobs. She was raised and went to school in Dougherty, Iowa. She graduated from Dougherty High School in 1934 and attended a Business School.

She was married to Victor Simons on March 30, 1937 in Garner, and they made their home in Crystal Lake. She worked at Hanson's Inc., which later became Winnebago in Forest City until she retired in the early 1970s. They spent their winters in central Florida until 1976, when they moved to Florida permanently and traveled in their motor home.

Victor died on Aug. 23, 1981, and she moved to Spearfish, S.D., in 1987.

She married John Dyer on March 16, 1988, at Spearfish, S.D. John died April 16, 1995 and she continued to live in Spearfish. Florence was a member of the Ladies of the Moose in Phoenix, Ariz. She volunteered at the Gift Shop in Lookout Memorial Hospital and the Salvation Army Store in Spearfish. She was a member of the Spearfish Senior Citizens Center and enjoyed playing cards with her friends.

She is survived by one daughter, Sharon Johnson and her husband, Roger, of Upton, Wyo.; three grandchildren, Sherri Randall and her husband, Rod, of Upton, Wyo., Rodney Johnson of Fertile, Iowa and Russell Johnson and his special friend, Sharon Kvammen, of Forest City; one sister, Margaret "Peggy" Turner, of Minneapolis, Minn.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Victor Simons and John Dyer; two brothers and four sisters.

The family requests memorials be given to the Upton Volunteer Ambulance or the Antelope Heights Senior Housing in Upton, Wyo. Memorials may be sent in care of Sharon Johnson, P.O. Box 758, Upton, WY 82730.

The Carlsen & Aldinger Funeral Home of Spearfish, S.D. has been entrusted with the arrangements, (605) 642-4784.

[Mason City Globe Gazette]