Raymond Gervan Simpson, 94, passed away Dec. 16, 2010. He was born May 1, 1916 in Grass Valley, Calif., to George and Isabel Simpson. He served in the Army 94th Inf. Div. 319th Combat Engineers during World War II. He was wounded January 1945 in the Ardennes, for which he was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star with the "V" for Valor. His occupation and interests were paint chemistry and manufacturing, color matcher, painter, sign and commercial artist, uranium prospector, rock hound, lapidarist, silversmith, oil landscape artist, amateur geologist, genealogy researcher. He served as fourth president of the Timpanogas Gem and Mineral Society in Utah and was also president of the Clark County Gem Collectors in Nevada. For several years he was superintendent of the BYU Paint Shop and retired from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas as paint shop foremen. Raymond and Evanell Tanner were married for 52 years, working side by side, for their family, church and club responsibilities. He joined the LDS church in 1938 and expressed his belief that Evanell saved his life by loving him and introducing him to the church. She passed February 1991. He is survived by his daughter, Evarae McAffee of Kingman, Ariz.; his two sons, Jim C. Simpson, Ross G. Simpson and his wife, Tammy of Las Vegas; grandsons Dale O. McAffee Jr., Gary L. McAffee, Brandon D. Simpson, Ross W. Simpson and Joshua C. Simpson; and great-granddaughter, Nina M. McAffee. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 28, at Walker Funeral Home, 587 South 100 West, Payson, UT 84651, (801) 465-3946. Interment will be at Payson City Cemetery in Payson.
Published in Las Vegas Review-Journal from December 25 to December 26, 2010
Published in Las Vegas Review-Journal from December 25 to December 26, 2010
Raymond Gervan Simpson, 94, passed away Dec. 16, 2010. He was born May 1, 1916 in Grass Valley, Calif., to George and Isabel Simpson. He served in the Army 94th Inf. Div. 319th Combat Engineers during World War II. He was wounded January 1945 in the Ardennes, for which he was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star with the "V" for Valor. His occupation and interests were paint chemistry and manufacturing, color matcher, painter, sign and commercial artist, uranium prospector, rock hound, lapidarist, silversmith, oil landscape artist, amateur geologist, genealogy researcher. He served as fourth president of the Timpanogas Gem and Mineral Society in Utah and was also president of the Clark County Gem Collectors in Nevada. For several years he was superintendent of the BYU Paint Shop and retired from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas as paint shop foremen. Raymond and Evanell Tanner were married for 52 years, working side by side, for their family, church and club responsibilities. He joined the LDS church in 1938 and expressed his belief that Evanell saved his life by loving him and introducing him to the church. She passed February 1991. He is survived by his daughter, Evarae McAffee of Kingman, Ariz.; his two sons, Jim C. Simpson, Ross G. Simpson and his wife, Tammy of Las Vegas; grandsons Dale O. McAffee Jr., Gary L. McAffee, Brandon D. Simpson, Ross W. Simpson and Joshua C. Simpson; and great-granddaughter, Nina M. McAffee. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 28, at Walker Funeral Home, 587 South 100 West, Payson, UT 84651, (801) 465-3946. Interment will be at Payson City Cemetery in Payson.
Published in Las Vegas Review-Journal from December 25 to December 26, 2010
Published in Las Vegas Review-Journal from December 25 to December 26, 2010
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