Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Simmons, Ronald Alden July 16, 2018
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Ionia Sentinel Standard-Thurs.July 28, 2018

RONALD ALDEN SIMMONS, 85
Our father, Ronald Alden Simmons, died in his sleep July 16, 2018, in Ellicott City,
Maryland.

He was born April 22, 1933, in Muskegon, Michigan, to Amy (Kirby) and Alden Simmons.
He graduated co-salutatorian from Saranac High School in Saranac, Michigan, in 1951. He
served in the U.S. Army Signal Corp in Austria. Ron worked for the Michigan
Department of Corrections at the Ionia Reformatory. He married Joyce M. Simmons (nee Brown) in
1995.

He is survived by three sons, Renald Simmons (Lynne), Robin Simmons (Ruth) Simmons 
and Ryan Simmons (The late Carolyn Piccotti); three step-children, Patricia Ripley,
Brian Font and Jeff Font; grandchildren Rebecca, Reid, Rachel, James, Eric, and Bryan, and
great-grandchildren Cecilie and Avery. One brother Gerald Simmons (Sabra) survives.
Several nieces, nephews, and step-grandchildren also survive him.

Preceding him in death were his parents, his wife Joyce, and his oldest brother
Donald Simmons.

The family will hold a graveside service in Saranac later. Gifts in memory of Ron
may go to the Gilchrist Hospice: Gilchrist Center of Howard County, 5537 Twin Knolls Rd.,
#433, Columbia, MD. 21045 Web: gilchristcares.org

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