GRACE M. SIMONDS OBITUARY, MONROE, NEW YORK

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SIMONDS, GRACE M. --
Grace, passed away peacefully on December 28, 1999 at Villa Pomerado
Hospital, in Poway, CA. She was born in 1915 in Rochester, N.Y. and in
1939 married Robert H. Bechtold, was a homemaker and mother to three children.

Mr. Bechtold predeceased her in 1973. She married C. Weston Simonds and
they retired to Rancho Bernardo, CA. In Rancho Bernardo, she was a member
of First United Methodist Church of Escondido, and a volunteer for the
Lady Lions Club of Rancho Bernardo. Grace enjoyed sewing, contract bridge,
gardening, cooking and entertaining her many friends.

Mrs. Simonds is survived by three children, William R. Bechtold of Palo
Alto, CA, Dr. Robert H. Bechtold of Conway, NH and Dr. Margaret Freeman
of Reading, PA; a sister, Mrs. Helen Downer, Auborn, NY; two stepchildren,
Clark W. Simonds of Rancho Bernardo, CA, and Ann Kathryn Parker of Lake
Orion, MI; five grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; two nephews and a
niece. She was predeceased in 1993 by her husband, "Wes" Simonds, a
brother, Dr. William R. Hoffman, and a sister, Mrs. Katherine Peck.

A Memorial Service and interment will be held in the spring at Mount Hope
Cemetery in Rochester. Memorial contributions may be made to the
Palomar-Pomerado Health Foundation for Villa Pomerado Hospital in care of
Villa Pomerado Hospital, 15615 Pomerado Road, Poway, Calif. 92024.