Platte County MO Archives Obituaries.....Simmers, Harry Lee November 1970
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A freak accident was responsible for the death of a Weston man last Friday 
afternoon. Mr. Harry Lee Simmers, 50, a flagman, was fatally injured when he 
was struck by an outside rear view mirror on a truck.
A spokesman for the Missouri State Highway Patrol said Mr. Simmers was standing 
in the right lane of I29 when a flatbed truck passed the flagman, striking him. 
Simmers was working at a site abut two miles north of Platte City.
Mr. Simmers was married and he and his wife had built a new home on north Welt 
Street. He was a fine neighbor and friend. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ganelle 
Simmers of the home; a step daughter, Mrs. Janie Vest, Platte City; two step 
sons, Ronald Darby of Weston and Gerald Darby of Kansas City. He also leaves 
seven grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon at the Vaughn Chapel with Lt. 
Col. Garth Geddes officiating. Mrs. Charles Corliss Mitchell was at the organ 
and accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. John Thornock, who sang.
Pallbearers were Alfred, Raymond, Kennth, Jimmy, Gary, David, James and Corley 
Anderson. Burial in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.

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