Edwin Lee Simmons

1918 - 2001  (82 years)

• Name	Edwin Lee Simmons
  Born	25 Dec 1918	Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Oct 2001	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Cremated	Cremated
  Person ID	I6290	Rossville
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	John Simmons
  Mother	Lula Dean Simmons
  Family ID	F6249	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Tierney Simmons
  Married	30 Jul 1940	Richfield, Morton County, Kansas
  Children	1. Edwin Craig Simmons   2. Donna Marie Simmons Jewell
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019 15:03:39
  Family ID	F6250	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Simmons, Edwin Edwin Simmons Edwin “Ed” Simmons, 82, Topeka, died Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2001, at a Rossville nursing home. Mr. Simons [sic Simmons] served 14 years in the Army and was with the Counter Intelligence Corps. He later was a manufacturer’s representative until he retired in 1983. After he retired he was active in the Service Corps of Retired Executives and in the ACIC Veterans organization, where he served many years as chairman of the ACICV’s national membership committee. He was born Dec. 25, 1918, in Chillicothe, Mo., the son of John and Lula Dean Simmons. He was raised in Abilene and moved with his family to Rockford, Ill. He attended the University of Wisconsin. He moved to Topeka after he was discharged from the Army. He married Mary Tierney on July 30, 1940, at Richfield. She survives. Other survivors include a son, Edwin Craig Simmons, Denver; a daughter, Donna Marie Jewell, Topeka; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Mr. Simmons was cremated. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at St. David’s Episcopal Church. Memorial contributions may be made to St. David’s Episcopal Church or to the Helping Hands Humane Society and sent in care of Davidson Funeral Home.