Julia Etta (Turner) Simmons (1933)

HINES, OSWALT, SHEPARD, SIMMONS, TURNER

Posted By: Treva Patterson
Date: 2/1/2007 at 10:45:15

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, October 1933

MRS. N. E. SIMMONS DIED LAST FRIDAY

Funeral For Local Woman, 60 Held Sunday at Fairview Church

Mrs. N. E. Simmons, well known local woman, who resided on a farm south of Earlham, died Friday morning following an illness of two days. She was 60 years of age and is survived by her husband, an adopted son, mother, two sisters and five brothers. A brief life history of the deceased is given below.

OBITUARY
Julia Etta Turner, oldest daughter of Zepheniah and Elizabeth Turner was born near Trenton, Iowa, January 13, 1873. About noon October 4, 1933, she was taken seriously ill and passed away at her home south of Earlham Friday morning at 12:30 October 6, 1933 at the age of sixty years, 8 months and 24 days.

When a young woman she came to Des Moines, Iowa where she was united with the Central Christian Church. While in Des Moines she was married to Frank Hines.

This union was not blessed with children and her love for a child was so great that she adopted a son, Carl Hines of Winterset.

June 5, 1917 she was married to N. E. Simmons of near De Soto. They lived near Fairview for a number of years. Four years ago they moved to their present home. While living near Fairview she united with the Fairview Methodist Church and lived a faithful Christian life. When they moved to her late home, she moved her membership to the Worthington Methodist Church in 1929. She was very active in church work and was always doing for others.

She was a faithful loving wife, a wonderful mother to her adopted son and will be greatly missed by her many relatives and friends.

She leaves to mourn her passing, her husband, one adopted son and daughter-in-law and one grandson, her aged mother and two sister, Mary and Fanny, and five brothers, Fred, Patrick, Ollie, Harry and Zepheniah, two aunts, Mrs. Emma Shepard and Mrs. Martha Oswalt.

Funeral services were held Sunday, October 8, at 2:30 at Fairview, her old home by Rev. James Walls, a former pastor, now at Earlham. The service at the home was in charge of her pastor Rev. Arthur Weed of Worthington.

The music was provided by a mixed quartette, Mr. and Mrs. Morrey Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. L. lO. Benfield of De Soto, with Mrs. Terry Anderson accompanying at the piano.

Burial was in the Fairview Cemetery.

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