Ionia-Eaton County MI Archives Obituaries.....Simmons, Edna Elizabeth 1991 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: LaVonne I. Bennett lib@dogsbark.com May 17, 2010, 7:40 pm Lakewood News SIMMONS, EDNA ELIZABETH (BECKETT)(MRS. WILLARD L.): LAKEWOOD NEWS, 11-19-1991: "Obituaries - MULLIKEN - Edna Elizabeth Simmons, 76 of Mulliken passed away Wednesday, November 6, 1991 at her residence. Mrs. Simmons was born July 31, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of William N. Sr. and Anna C. (Borgwaldt) Beckett. She was married to Willard Simmons Sr. on February 20, 1937. The couple moved to the Sunfield area in 1944. Mrs. Simmons is survived by eight children, Verna Brown of Hastings, Ronald and Hazel Simmons of Mulliken, Marilyn Pfeifer of Sunfield, Bill and Chris Simmons of Saranac, Wayne and Josie Simmons of California, Kenyon Simmons of Sunfield, Lucy and Jeff Miller of Hastings, Cheryll and Martin Groom of Mulliken; 28 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren; three sisters, Ethel Cox of Grand Rapids, Margaret Nowicki of Lowell and Alice Meyers of Las Vegas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willard in 1987; four grandchildren; one great grandchild; three brothers, William, Walter and Fred. Funeral services were held Saturday, November 9 at the Rosier Funeral Home, Mapes-Fisher Chapel in SUnfield. Burial was in Balcom Cemetery in Ionia. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society in memory of Mrs. Simmons." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/simmons5390gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb