Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Simon, Will R. 
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Source: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
Author: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Page 272

     WILL R. SIMON, assistant manager of the Nicolai Door Manufacturing 
Company, at Portland, is a man of wide experience in various lines of wood 
manufacturing interests and, by his capable and loyal service, has greatly 
contributed to the success of the company with which he is connected. Mr. 
Simon was born near Fossil, Wheeler county, Oregon, and is a son of R. P. and 
Mary Letitia (Wilcox) Simon. His father came to Oregon in the '80s and was for 
many years successfully engaged in the livestock business, but is now retired 
and lives in Portland. Will R. Simon attended the public schools and graduated 
from the Portland Business College. In 1904 he entered the employ of the 
Nicolai-Neppach Company, but later went to the Northwest Door Company. He was 
also with the Oregon Planing Mills Association and the Charles R. Spalding 
Lumber Company, remaining with the latter concern until 1920, when he became 
identified with the Nicolai Door Manufacturing Company, of which he was soon 
afterwards made assistant manager. He displays executive ability and is 
regarded as one of the valuable representatives of this great concern.

     Mr. Simon was united in marriage to Miss Elsie Miller, of Portland, and 
they are the parents of a daughter, Eileen E. Mr. Simon is a stanch republican 
in his political views and has always taken an active interest in public 
affairs. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the 
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Portland Chamber of Commerce, the 
Alderwood Country Club and the Peninsula Golf Club.

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