OBIT: William W. SIMMERS, 1944, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Michael S. Caldwell Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ WILLIAM W. SIMMERS ALTOONA - William W. Simmers of 1405 1/2 Third St. died on Tuesday afternoon at the Altoona Hospital after an extended illness. He was a son of William and Mary (Shaw) Simmers and was born at Flinton, Cambria County, on Oct. 27, 1875. Surviving are his widow and eight children, including Regis, Gallitzin, and Ivan, Fallentimber. Two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Reffner and Mrs. Annie Kuhn, reside at Glasgow. Johnstown Tribune, Johnstown, PA, Thursday, 21 September 1944, p. 17 [William's mother's maiden name was Reffner, not Shaw - ed.]