She was born in Howard County to the late Howard and Grace (Ball) Harper. She married Ralph Simpson on Nov. 21, 1936. She was a homemaker and belonged to the Sycamore Friends Church in Sycamore.
She is survived by her husband Ralph of 71 years; sons, Joe (Becky) and Gene (Loretta) Simpson, all of Swayzee; daughter, Rebecca (Jerold) Rackel, Webster, N.Y.; eight grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; sisters, Frances Marshall, Greentown, and Sue (Gene) Alexander, Converse; brothers, Bill (Marieta) Harper, Swayzee, Vic (Vera) Harper, Greentown, Dale (Janie) Harper, Greentown, and Tom (Shirley) Harper, Greentown.
She was preceded in death by sisters, Mary Smeltzer, (Find A Grave Memorial# 46193952); Mildred Pence, Betty Charlotte Harper, (Find A Grave Memorial# 46191452); and brothers, George, (Find A Grave Memorial# 46191458); and Harold Harper, (Find A Grave Memorial# 46191461).
Services are at 10:00 a.m. Monday in Sycamore Friends Church, 1148 N. 100 E., Greentown, with Rev. James Miller officiating. Burial is in Greentown.
Visitation is from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday in Needham-Storey-Wampner, Rybolt Chapel, 314 N. Washington St., Swayzee.
Memorials may be made to Sycamore Friends Church, 1148 N. 1100 E., Greentown, IN 46936.
Online condolences can be sent at www.nswcares.com.
She was born in Howard County to the late Howard and Grace (Ball) Harper. She married Ralph Simpson on Nov. 21, 1936. She was a homemaker and belonged to the Sycamore Friends Church in Sycamore.
She is survived by her husband Ralph of 71 years; sons, Joe (Becky) and Gene (Loretta) Simpson, all of Swayzee; daughter, Rebecca (Jerold) Rackel, Webster, N.Y.; eight grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; sisters, Frances Marshall, Greentown, and Sue (Gene) Alexander, Converse; brothers, Bill (Marieta) Harper, Swayzee, Vic (Vera) Harper, Greentown, Dale (Janie) Harper, Greentown, and Tom (Shirley) Harper, Greentown.
She was preceded in death by sisters, Mary Smeltzer, (Find A Grave Memorial# 46193952); Mildred Pence, Betty Charlotte Harper, (Find A Grave Memorial# 46191452); and brothers, George, (Find A Grave Memorial# 46191458); and Harold Harper, (Find A Grave Memorial# 46191461).
Services are at 10:00 a.m. Monday in Sycamore Friends Church, 1148 N. 100 E., Greentown, with Rev. James Miller officiating. Burial is in Greentown.
Visitation is from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday in Needham-Storey-Wampner, Rybolt Chapel, 314 N. Washington St., Swayzee.
Memorials may be made to Sycamore Friends Church, 1148 N. 1100 E., Greentown, IN 46936.
Online condolences can be sent at www.nswcares.com.
Family Members
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Mary Esther Harper Smeltzer
1911–1993
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Mildred O. Harper Pence
1913–2001
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George Howard Harper
1915–1999
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Frances G Harper Marshall
1916–2012
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Kenneth Walton "Bill" Harper
1920–2012
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Elizabeth Charlotte "Betty" Harper
1922–1922
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Harold Wilbur Harper
1923–1989
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Victor A "Vic" Harper
1925–2017
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Dale L. Harper
1927–2019
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Naoma Sue Harper Alexander
1934–2021
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