Blanche (Frazier) Simmons (1937)

BRADEN, FRAZIER, HEDRICK, MILLER, PINCKNEY, RUKGABER, SIMMONS

Posted By: Treva Patterson
Date: 5/20/2007 at 17:50:26

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Friday, April 9, 1937

WINTERSET WOMAN CALLED BY DEATH

Mrs. Charles L. Simmons Succumbs at Home of Daughter

Mrs. Charles L. Simmons, a resident of Madison county since 1883 and of Winterset for the last 15 years, died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Grace Pinckney near Macksburg. She was 77 years of age.

Mrs. Simmons survived her husband by about three months. His death occurred last December 27.

She was the former Blanche Frazier, daughter of B. H. and Mahala Frazier and was born July 29, 1859, near Salem in Henry county. She attended school in that community, completing her education at Whittier college, there.

On April 8, 1883, she was married to Charles L. Simmons at Mt. Pleasant. They moved immediately to Madison county, settling 10 miles south of Winterset where they engaged in farming.

In 1896 she joined the Christian church at Pleasant Ridge in Union county. She later transferred her membership to the Macksburg Baptist church and upon moving to Winterset, to the local Baptist church.

Mrs. Simmons was the mother of three children. One of them, Gladys, died seven years ago. The two who survive are Mrs. Pinckney and Clark A. Simmons of Winterset. She also leaves five sisters, Cora Rukgaber of Mt. Pleasant, Viva Miller of Hillsboro, Lina Braden of Culver, Oregon, Lela Hedrick of West Salem, Illinois and Mae Frazier of Benedict, Kansas and Bard D. Frazier of Corpus Christi, Texas.

Funeral services were held Tuesday from the Ramsey-Richards funeral home in charge of the Rev. J. H. Cochrane, Jr., pastor of the Winterset Baptist church. Burial was made in the Winterset cemetery.

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