Andrew (Cotter ) Joseph Simso, Jr passed away on October 8, 2011 at the young age of 91. Mr. Simso was born on November 27, 1919 in Minneapolis, Minn. where he was a star basketball player and also lettered in diamond ball and football for the Boy's Vocational High School. Mr. Simso was a WWII Coast Guard Veteran from 1941-45 having served on the USS Pride and stationed at the Greensledge Lighthouse off Rowayton, CT. He has been a resident of Rowayton and Norwalk since 1943 and was an avid bowler for Solhiem Builders at Rip Van Winkle Bowling Alley. He was one of the original founders of Brookside Boyscout Troop #61 in 1955 and was a guidance and inspiration to many boys. He was a member of St. Matthews Church and a master builder ending his career as a foreman for the Norwalk Housing Authority. He is predeceased by his wife Marie (Lipoma), sister Dorothy Peka and friend Ann Lapolla. He is survived by three sons Andrew and wife Diane of Florida, David and wife Pamela of Newtown and Michael and wife Neuen of Pound Ridge, NY. Three sisters Elizabeth Kozak, Mary Rolek and Patricia Donovan of Minneapolis, Minn. Six Grandchildren, Eight Great Grandchildren, Three Great-Great Grandchildren and many Nieces and Nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, October 12, 10 AM at St. Matthew Church, 216 Scribner Ave., Norwalk. Burial with full military honors will follow at St. John Cemetery. The Simso family will receive friends at the Magner Funeral Home, 12 Mott Ave., Norwalk, on Tuesday from 4-8 PM. In lieu of flowers donations to Vitas Hospice 99 Hawley La., Suite 1204 2nd Floor, Stratford, CT. 06614, would be greatly appreciated.
Published in News Times on October 10, 2011
Published in News Times on October 10, 2011
Andrew (Cotter ) Joseph Simso, Jr passed away on October 8, 2011 at the young age of 91. Mr. Simso was born on November 27, 1919 in Minneapolis, Minn. where he was a star basketball player and also lettered in diamond ball and football for the Boy's Vocational High School. Mr. Simso was a WWII Coast Guard Veteran from 1941-45 having served on the USS Pride and stationed at the Greensledge Lighthouse off Rowayton, CT. He has been a resident of Rowayton and Norwalk since 1943 and was an avid bowler for Solhiem Builders at Rip Van Winkle Bowling Alley. He was one of the original founders of Brookside Boyscout Troop #61 in 1955 and was a guidance and inspiration to many boys. He was a member of St. Matthews Church and a master builder ending his career as a foreman for the Norwalk Housing Authority. He is predeceased by his wife Marie (Lipoma), sister Dorothy Peka and friend Ann Lapolla. He is survived by three sons Andrew and wife Diane of Florida, David and wife Pamela of Newtown and Michael and wife Neuen of Pound Ridge, NY. Three sisters Elizabeth Kozak, Mary Rolek and Patricia Donovan of Minneapolis, Minn. Six Grandchildren, Eight Great Grandchildren, Three Great-Great Grandchildren and many Nieces and Nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, October 12, 10 AM at St. Matthew Church, 216 Scribner Ave., Norwalk. Burial with full military honors will follow at St. John Cemetery. The Simso family will receive friends at the Magner Funeral Home, 12 Mott Ave., Norwalk, on Tuesday from 4-8 PM. In lieu of flowers donations to Vitas Hospice 99 Hawley La., Suite 1204 2nd Floor, Stratford, CT. 06614, would be greatly appreciated.
Published in News Times on October 10, 2011
Published in News Times on October 10, 2011
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