William Grant Simms 88, died January 4, 2011, at Greenview Regional Hospital, Bowling Green, Ky.
The Roanoke, Va., native was born March 11, 1922. He was a retired safety director from St. Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad, Ind. He was a Catholic, a World War II Army Air Corps veteran and enlisted in the National Guard in 1939. He became part of the 29th Division of Bedford, Va. After officers candidate school in 1942 at Camp Breckenridge, he trained to fly the B-17 and B-29 for the Army Air Corps. In 1943, he bought and operated Bill and Fran’s Place in Troy, In.
He was a son of the late Clarence Foster Simms and Minnie Kitts Simms. He was preceded in death by a son, William Grant Simms Jr.; two daughters, Mary Jane Harding and Jennifer Carole Simms; and several brothers and sisters.
Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Frances Bacon Simms; three daughters, Phyllis Sims of Longwood, Fla., Sara Finan and her husband, Rich, of Louisville, and Camille Drobocky and her husband, Dr. Oles Drobocky, of Bowling Green; two sons, Joseph Simms and his wife, Kristen, of Evansville, Ind., and Brian Simms and his wife, Susan, of Lake Forest, Ill.; 12 grandchildren, Carrie Larrson, Walter Lee Simms Jr., Philip Harding Jr., Kristen Walsh, David Harding, Grant Simms, Connor Simms, Macklin Simms, Olivea Simms, Zenon Drobocky, Dane Drobocky and Ivan Drobocky; two stepgrandsons, Travis Zaro and Jimmy Finan; a stepgranddaughter, Chrissy Bowman; nine great-grandchildren; a sister; and several nieces and nephews.
Family and friends will gather at Holy Spirit Catholic
Church at 11:30 a.m. for the Mass at noon Friday. Private family burial in Calvary Cemetery, Troy, Ind. Visitation 4 until 8 p.m. Thursday.
J. C. Kirby & Son Lovers Lane Chapel, Bowling Green, Ky. Zoercher-Gillick Funeral Home in charge of local arrangements.
The Roanoke, Va., native was born March 11, 1922. He was a retired safety director from St. Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad, Ind. He was a Catholic, a World War II Army Air Corps veteran and enlisted in the National Guard in 1939. He became part of the 29th Division of Bedford, Va. After officers candidate school in 1942 at Camp Breckenridge, he trained to fly the B-17 and B-29 for the Army Air Corps. In 1943, he bought and operated Bill and Fran’s Place in Troy, In.
He was a son of the late Clarence Foster Simms and Minnie Kitts Simms. He was preceded in death by a son, William Grant Simms Jr.; two daughters, Mary Jane Harding and Jennifer Carole Simms; and several brothers and sisters.
Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Frances Bacon Simms; three daughters, Phyllis Sims of Longwood, Fla., Sara Finan and her husband, Rich, of Louisville, and Camille Drobocky and her husband, Dr. Oles Drobocky, of Bowling Green; two sons, Joseph Simms and his wife, Kristen, of Evansville, Ind., and Brian Simms and his wife, Susan, of Lake Forest, Ill.; 12 grandchildren, Carrie Larrson, Walter Lee Simms Jr., Philip Harding Jr., Kristen Walsh, David Harding, Grant Simms, Connor Simms, Macklin Simms, Olivea Simms, Zenon Drobocky, Dane Drobocky and Ivan Drobocky; two stepgrandsons, Travis Zaro and Jimmy Finan; a stepgranddaughter, Chrissy Bowman; nine great-grandchildren; a sister; and several nieces and nephews.
Family and friends will gather at Holy Spirit Catholic
Church at 11:30 a.m. for the Mass at noon Friday. Private family burial in Calvary Cemetery, Troy, Ind. Visitation 4 until 8 p.m. Thursday.
J. C. Kirby & Son Lovers Lane Chapel, Bowling Green, Ky. Zoercher-Gillick Funeral Home in charge of local arrangements.
William Grant Simms 88, died January 4, 2011, at Greenview Regional Hospital, Bowling Green, Ky.
The Roanoke, Va., native was born March 11, 1922. He was a retired safety director from St. Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad, Ind. He was a Catholic, a World War II Army Air Corps veteran and enlisted in the National Guard in 1939. He became part of the 29th Division of Bedford, Va. After officers candidate school in 1942 at Camp Breckenridge, he trained to fly the B-17 and B-29 for the Army Air Corps. In 1943, he bought and operated Bill and Fran’s Place in Troy, In.
He was a son of the late Clarence Foster Simms and Minnie Kitts Simms. He was preceded in death by a son, William Grant Simms Jr.; two daughters, Mary Jane Harding and Jennifer Carole Simms; and several brothers and sisters.
Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Frances Bacon Simms; three daughters, Phyllis Sims of Longwood, Fla., Sara Finan and her husband, Rich, of Louisville, and Camille Drobocky and her husband, Dr. Oles Drobocky, of Bowling Green; two sons, Joseph Simms and his wife, Kristen, of Evansville, Ind., and Brian Simms and his wife, Susan, of Lake Forest, Ill.; 12 grandchildren, Carrie Larrson, Walter Lee Simms Jr., Philip Harding Jr., Kristen Walsh, David Harding, Grant Simms, Connor Simms, Macklin Simms, Olivea Simms, Zenon Drobocky, Dane Drobocky and Ivan Drobocky; two stepgrandsons, Travis Zaro and Jimmy Finan; a stepgranddaughter, Chrissy Bowman; nine great-grandchildren; a sister; and several nieces and nephews.
Family and friends will gather at Holy Spirit Catholic
Church at 11:30 a.m. for the Mass at noon Friday. Private family burial in Calvary Cemetery, Troy, Ind. Visitation 4 until 8 p.m. Thursday.
J. C. Kirby & Son Lovers Lane Chapel, Bowling Green, Ky. Zoercher-Gillick Funeral Home in charge of local arrangements.
The Roanoke, Va., native was born March 11, 1922. He was a retired safety director from St. Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad, Ind. He was a Catholic, a World War II Army Air Corps veteran and enlisted in the National Guard in 1939. He became part of the 29th Division of Bedford, Va. After officers candidate school in 1942 at Camp Breckenridge, he trained to fly the B-17 and B-29 for the Army Air Corps. In 1943, he bought and operated Bill and Fran’s Place in Troy, In.
He was a son of the late Clarence Foster Simms and Minnie Kitts Simms. He was preceded in death by a son, William Grant Simms Jr.; two daughters, Mary Jane Harding and Jennifer Carole Simms; and several brothers and sisters.
Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Frances Bacon Simms; three daughters, Phyllis Sims of Longwood, Fla., Sara Finan and her husband, Rich, of Louisville, and Camille Drobocky and her husband, Dr. Oles Drobocky, of Bowling Green; two sons, Joseph Simms and his wife, Kristen, of Evansville, Ind., and Brian Simms and his wife, Susan, of Lake Forest, Ill.; 12 grandchildren, Carrie Larrson, Walter Lee Simms Jr., Philip Harding Jr., Kristen Walsh, David Harding, Grant Simms, Connor Simms, Macklin Simms, Olivea Simms, Zenon Drobocky, Dane Drobocky and Ivan Drobocky; two stepgrandsons, Travis Zaro and Jimmy Finan; a stepgranddaughter, Chrissy Bowman; nine great-grandchildren; a sister; and several nieces and nephews.
Family and friends will gather at Holy Spirit Catholic
Church at 11:30 a.m. for the Mass at noon Friday. Private family burial in Calvary Cemetery, Troy, Ind. Visitation 4 until 8 p.m. Thursday.
J. C. Kirby & Son Lovers Lane Chapel, Bowling Green, Ky. Zoercher-Gillick Funeral Home in charge of local arrangements.
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