Kokomo Tribune - Monday, January 19, 1942:
After being critically ill the past four weeks with an acute heart disorder, Mrs. Belle G. Simmons, wife of Edgar A. Simmons, president of the Kokomo Nail and Brad Company and the Superior Machine Tool Company, died at their home on West Walnut Street at 4:30 o'clock Monday morning. Her passing which was beautifully tranquil had been expected for several days.
Mrs. Simmons, who lacked only from now until March 17 of being eighty years old, received a fracture of the left hip in a fall in the home on Easter Sunday last April. This injury which confined her to her bed several months probably induced the heart disorder which brought the end.
Early last autumn, she had recovered enough from the hip injury to get about the home a bit and occasionally take an automobile ride, but at no time was her condition such as not to cause her family and friends concern. The heart disorder first manifested itself about the middle of December.
Born March 17, 1862 near Orange, Fayette County, Indiana, a daughter of William W. and Hannah K. George, she spent her girlhood years in that locality. In 1873, the family moved to Howard County, resident part of the time in Kokomo and part of the time in the country, three miles west on the Jefferson Street pike.
At the last-mentioned location on November 6, 1883, she became the bride of Edgar A. Simmons, who later because successively county sheriff, Kokomo postmaster, and member of the city board of school trustees, later devoting his attention to banking, manufacturing, and real estate, a prominent local fixture for more than half a century, who survives. Their married life covered a little more than 58 years.
To them, five children were born of whom two, Herbert G. Simmons of West Walnut Street, and Mrs. Robert D. Harris of East Hoffer Street, survive. Two children, Harry A. and Helen, died in infancy. George N., who was a soldier in the first World War, died in 1926 at the age of 27.
Mrs. Simmons was the last survivor of the six children of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. George. The family, a prominent and highly esteemed one, has contributed many outstanding figures to local business, financial, social, and musical circles. "Aunt Belle", as she was known throughout the circles of kindred, had all of the fineness of character, quick and keen intelligence, lofty principles, cultural aptitude, and endearing qualities generally that marked the stock of which she came.
She had resided in this community nearly seventy years, and only words of high appreciation of her have ever been heard on the lips of any acquaintance. She was a woman of lofty ideals and uncommon strength of principle. Uniting with the Main Street Christian Church early in her girlhood, she was, in point of continuous connection, perhaps the oldest member of that congregation. Her faith was serene and her daily conduct weas given undeviating guidance by it. It was completely comforting to her n the days of the fathering of final shadows. Here was indeed a life that leaves mellow and consoling memories.
Funeral services will be held at the home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the Rev. Gerald Miller, pastor of the Main Street Christian Church, officiating, assisted by the Rev. John M. Horne, former pastor. Burial will take place in the family's lot in Crown Point Cemetery.
After being critically ill the past four weeks with an acute heart disorder, Mrs. Belle G. Simmons, wife of Edgar A. Simmons, president of the Kokomo Nail and Brad Company and the Superior Machine Tool Company, died at their home on West Walnut Street at 4:30 o'clock Monday morning. Her passing which was beautifully tranquil had been expected for several days.
Mrs. Simmons, who lacked only from now until March 17 of being eighty years old, received a fracture of the left hip in a fall in the home on Easter Sunday last April. This injury which confined her to her bed several months probably induced the heart disorder which brought the end.
Early last autumn, she had recovered enough from the hip injury to get about the home a bit and occasionally take an automobile ride, but at no time was her condition such as not to cause her family and friends concern. The heart disorder first manifested itself about the middle of December.
Born March 17, 1862 near Orange, Fayette County, Indiana, a daughter of William W. and Hannah K. George, she spent her girlhood years in that locality. In 1873, the family moved to Howard County, resident part of the time in Kokomo and part of the time in the country, three miles west on the Jefferson Street pike.
At the last-mentioned location on November 6, 1883, she became the bride of Edgar A. Simmons, who later because successively county sheriff, Kokomo postmaster, and member of the city board of school trustees, later devoting his attention to banking, manufacturing, and real estate, a prominent local fixture for more than half a century, who survives. Their married life covered a little more than 58 years.
To them, five children were born of whom two, Herbert G. Simmons of West Walnut Street, and Mrs. Robert D. Harris of East Hoffer Street, survive. Two children, Harry A. and Helen, died in infancy. George N., who was a soldier in the first World War, died in 1926 at the age of 27.
Mrs. Simmons was the last survivor of the six children of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. George. The family, a prominent and highly esteemed one, has contributed many outstanding figures to local business, financial, social, and musical circles. "Aunt Belle", as she was known throughout the circles of kindred, had all of the fineness of character, quick and keen intelligence, lofty principles, cultural aptitude, and endearing qualities generally that marked the stock of which she came.
She had resided in this community nearly seventy years, and only words of high appreciation of her have ever been heard on the lips of any acquaintance. She was a woman of lofty ideals and uncommon strength of principle. Uniting with the Main Street Christian Church early in her girlhood, she was, in point of continuous connection, perhaps the oldest member of that congregation. Her faith was serene and her daily conduct weas given undeviating guidance by it. It was completely comforting to her n the days of the fathering of final shadows. Here was indeed a life that leaves mellow and consoling memories.
Funeral services will be held at the home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the Rev. Gerald Miller, pastor of the Main Street Christian Church, officiating, assisted by the Rev. John M. Horne, former pastor. Burial will take place in the family's lot in Crown Point Cemetery.
Kokomo Tribune - Monday, January 19, 1942:
After being critically ill the past four weeks with an acute heart disorder, Mrs. Belle G. Simmons, wife of Edgar A. Simmons, president of the Kokomo Nail and Brad Company and the Superior Machine Tool Company, died at their home on West Walnut Street at 4:30 o'clock Monday morning. Her passing which was beautifully tranquil had been expected for several days.
Mrs. Simmons, who lacked only from now until March 17 of being eighty years old, received a fracture of the left hip in a fall in the home on Easter Sunday last April. This injury which confined her to her bed several months probably induced the heart disorder which brought the end.
Early last autumn, she had recovered enough from the hip injury to get about the home a bit and occasionally take an automobile ride, but at no time was her condition such as not to cause her family and friends concern. The heart disorder first manifested itself about the middle of December.
Born March 17, 1862 near Orange, Fayette County, Indiana, a daughter of William W. and Hannah K. George, she spent her girlhood years in that locality. In 1873, the family moved to Howard County, resident part of the time in Kokomo and part of the time in the country, three miles west on the Jefferson Street pike.
At the last-mentioned location on November 6, 1883, she became the bride of Edgar A. Simmons, who later because successively county sheriff, Kokomo postmaster, and member of the city board of school trustees, later devoting his attention to banking, manufacturing, and real estate, a prominent local fixture for more than half a century, who survives. Their married life covered a little more than 58 years.
To them, five children were born of whom two, Herbert G. Simmons of West Walnut Street, and Mrs. Robert D. Harris of East Hoffer Street, survive. Two children, Harry A. and Helen, died in infancy. George N., who was a soldier in the first World War, died in 1926 at the age of 27.
Mrs. Simmons was the last survivor of the six children of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. George. The family, a prominent and highly esteemed one, has contributed many outstanding figures to local business, financial, social, and musical circles. "Aunt Belle", as she was known throughout the circles of kindred, had all of the fineness of character, quick and keen intelligence, lofty principles, cultural aptitude, and endearing qualities generally that marked the stock of which she came.
She had resided in this community nearly seventy years, and only words of high appreciation of her have ever been heard on the lips of any acquaintance. She was a woman of lofty ideals and uncommon strength of principle. Uniting with the Main Street Christian Church early in her girlhood, she was, in point of continuous connection, perhaps the oldest member of that congregation. Her faith was serene and her daily conduct weas given undeviating guidance by it. It was completely comforting to her n the days of the fathering of final shadows. Here was indeed a life that leaves mellow and consoling memories.
Funeral services will be held at the home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the Rev. Gerald Miller, pastor of the Main Street Christian Church, officiating, assisted by the Rev. John M. Horne, former pastor. Burial will take place in the family's lot in Crown Point Cemetery.
After being critically ill the past four weeks with an acute heart disorder, Mrs. Belle G. Simmons, wife of Edgar A. Simmons, president of the Kokomo Nail and Brad Company and the Superior Machine Tool Company, died at their home on West Walnut Street at 4:30 o'clock Monday morning. Her passing which was beautifully tranquil had been expected for several days.
Mrs. Simmons, who lacked only from now until March 17 of being eighty years old, received a fracture of the left hip in a fall in the home on Easter Sunday last April. This injury which confined her to her bed several months probably induced the heart disorder which brought the end.
Early last autumn, she had recovered enough from the hip injury to get about the home a bit and occasionally take an automobile ride, but at no time was her condition such as not to cause her family and friends concern. The heart disorder first manifested itself about the middle of December.
Born March 17, 1862 near Orange, Fayette County, Indiana, a daughter of William W. and Hannah K. George, she spent her girlhood years in that locality. In 1873, the family moved to Howard County, resident part of the time in Kokomo and part of the time in the country, three miles west on the Jefferson Street pike.
At the last-mentioned location on November 6, 1883, she became the bride of Edgar A. Simmons, who later because successively county sheriff, Kokomo postmaster, and member of the city board of school trustees, later devoting his attention to banking, manufacturing, and real estate, a prominent local fixture for more than half a century, who survives. Their married life covered a little more than 58 years.
To them, five children were born of whom two, Herbert G. Simmons of West Walnut Street, and Mrs. Robert D. Harris of East Hoffer Street, survive. Two children, Harry A. and Helen, died in infancy. George N., who was a soldier in the first World War, died in 1926 at the age of 27.
Mrs. Simmons was the last survivor of the six children of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. George. The family, a prominent and highly esteemed one, has contributed many outstanding figures to local business, financial, social, and musical circles. "Aunt Belle", as she was known throughout the circles of kindred, had all of the fineness of character, quick and keen intelligence, lofty principles, cultural aptitude, and endearing qualities generally that marked the stock of which she came.
She had resided in this community nearly seventy years, and only words of high appreciation of her have ever been heard on the lips of any acquaintance. She was a woman of lofty ideals and uncommon strength of principle. Uniting with the Main Street Christian Church early in her girlhood, she was, in point of continuous connection, perhaps the oldest member of that congregation. Her faith was serene and her daily conduct weas given undeviating guidance by it. It was completely comforting to her n the days of the fathering of final shadows. Here was indeed a life that leaves mellow and consoling memories.
Funeral services will be held at the home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the Rev. Gerald Miller, pastor of the Main Street Christian Church, officiating, assisted by the Rev. John M. Horne, former pastor. Burial will take place in the family's lot in Crown Point Cemetery.
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