Name: Simpson, Julia Frances (Burbridge)
Burial Date: 2004, 07/27
Age at Death: 88
Plot Location: 991 I
Notes: wife of Rev. Andrew Lee Simpson, Sr.
STERLING – Julia Frances Simpson, 88, Sterling, died Tuesday, July 20, 2004, at her residence. Born March 30, 1916, in Chicago Heights, Ill., she was a longtime resident of Sterling. Her husband, the Rev. Andrew Lee Simpson Sr., preceded her in death on Aug. 3, 1985. Survivors are two sons, Presiding Elder Andrew L. Simpson Jr., Greenwood Village, Colo., and Gideon Doyle Simpson, Loveland, Colo.; four daughters, Deborah Anne Simpson, Sterling, Rebekah Luease Wheaton, Topeka, Olivia Elaine Burke, St. Peters, Mo., and Jocelyn Marie Furr, Wichita; and six grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the United Presbyterian Church in Sterling. Burial will be in Sterling Community Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 to 7 p.m. Monday at Sillin Funeral Home in Sterling. Memorials may be given to Julia F. Simpson Community Volunteer Project. – See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/cjonline/obituary.aspx?n=julia-frances-simpson&pid=2450179#sthash.wEJUiH9o.dpuf
Mrs. Julia Simpson was a devoted, faithful worker for Sterling College, Sterling, Kansas for many years. She was a joy in the life of all who knew her. Each life she touched was made better by her presence, her smile, her greeting and her joy in serving her Lord. BBC
Name: Simon, Arthur Phillip
Burial Date: 1986, 03/26
Age at Death: 86
Plot Location: 711 D
Notes: Husband of Faye H (Ferguson)/Delphia D (Osser)
Birth:
Mar. 20, 1900
Preston
Pratt County
Kansas, USA
Death:
Mar. 23, 1986
Cunningham
Kingman County
Kansas, USA
OBITUARY: Arthur Phillip Simon, 86, died Sunday, March 23, 1986, at the Hilltop Manor, Cunningham. Born March 20, 1900, at Preston, he married Faye Ferguson June 1, 1927, at Tonganoxie. She died July 24, 1975. He then married Delphia D. Osser Jan. 29, 1976. He was owner of the Simon Mercantile Co., Turon, the Simon Sundries, Wichita, and Simon Farms, Inc. He was a longtime Turon and Wichita resident.He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Wichita. Survivors: wife, of the home; son, A.F. Simon, San Diego; brother, Loren Simon, Preston; and two grandchildren. Funeral: 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Porter-Sillin Funeral Home, Sterling, with Rev. George McCall officiating. Burial will be in the Sterling Community Cemetery. Memorials may go to First Presbyterian Church, Wichita.
Source:
The Stafford Courier,
Wednesday, March 26, 1986, PAGE THREE
Name: Simmons, Marguerite A (Edwards) Rinehart
Burial Date: 1962, 09/11
Age at Death: 88
Plot Location: 815 F
Notes: Wife of Charles Summer Simmons and Divorced wife of Claude Rinehart
from The Sterling Gazette, Sterling, Rice Co, Kansas – Thursday, March 31, 1881:
Front page – Raymond Items – March 30, 1881
Died at the residence of his son about 3 miles east of town, Mr Simmons, in his 65th year. He was formerly a resident of Indiana.Page 5 – Local News
Died – March 26, Mr. Abijah Simmons, aged 68 years. Funeral services were held in the Congregational church, March 27, and conducted by the pastor.Family links:
Parents: William Simmons (1768 – 1852)
Name: Sills, Henry Elgin
Burial Date: 1940, 04/10
Age at Death: 39
Plot Location: 666 H
Notes: husband of Annabel (Smisor)
(By The Associated Press)
Six persons were killed in two collisions on Oklahoma’s high ways over the week-end.
One week after five persons met death in a single accident near Hugo, a two car smashup in a rainstorm snuffed out four lives on U.S. Highway 54 near Hooker yesterday.
The dead were H. E. Sills, 40, Garden City, Kan.; Miss Lucille Ritchie, 24, Liberal, Kan.; Walter Atkinson, 32, Liberal and Charles Matkin, 22, Liberal.
