Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....SIMMONS, JOSEPHINE SCALIA TUCKER July 16, 2014
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News Star World -  July 18, 2014
JOSEPHINE SCALIA TUCKER SIMMONS

Funeral services for Josephine Scalia Tucker Simmons, 94, of Monroe, will be 
held at 2:00 PM Saturday, July 19, 2014, at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church 
with Rev. Job Edathinatt officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial 
Park Cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, 
Monroe.

Josephine Scalia Tucker Simmons, a retired Registered Nurse, passed away on July 
16, 2014. She was a native of Monroe, LA. She was born June 20, 1920, in Monroe, 
LA, to Frank A. and Lucille (Forbito) Scalia. Josephine was a graduate of 
Neville High School class of 1937. She graduated from the St. Francis School of 
Nursing and was a Registered Nurse for over forty years working at St. Francis, 
Glenwood, and Richland Parish hospitals. She also was a private duty nurse for 
many area families in the years before Home Health. She made life-long friends 
of the families who called on her to nurse a loved one who needed professional 
home care.

Nursing was her calling and flowers and plants were her passion. She belonged to 
local and state flower societies and clubs and was active in the Orchid Society 
of Northeast Louisiana until her failing eye-sight prevented her from attending 
meetings. For many years she raised and showed numerous varieties of orchids at 
Orchid Shows throughout the U.S.

She was a member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church and sang in the church 
choir.

Josephine was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, H.S. Simmons; and 
three brothers, Angelo Scalia, William Patrick Scalia, and Dr. Roy F. Scalia.

She is survived by her daughter, Charlotte Tucker Moore and husband Paul of 
Monroe, LA; sister, Eunice Scalia Andrews and husband Bud of West Monroe, LA; 
step-daughter, Bonnie Hendrix of Eunice, LA ; two step-sons, Bob Simmons of 
Eunice, LA and Bill Simmons of Monroe; grandchildren, Susan Manuel and her 
children, Mya and Carly of Baton Rouge, LA; Ryan Wright and his son, Tucker of 
Irving TX; Cory Wright of Monroe; step-granddaughter, Johnette Wade Butel and 
husband Greg and their children, Logan and Johnny of Richardson, TX; step-
grandson, Steve Wade of Monroe, and numerous nieces and nephews. Josephine also 
enjoyed being "Mama Jo" to the Jim Spillers family of West Monroe.

Visitation will be from 12:30 PM until 1:30 PM Saturday at the funeral home.

Memorial donations may be made to Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church or The
Alzheimer's Association

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