OBITUARY: Raymond Simpson, 1920-1996, Mitchell County, Iowa

[ From Mason City Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Dec. 30, 1996 (edited)]




                           Raymond Simpson

OSAGE--Raymond Simpson, 76, died Saturday (Dec. 28, 1996) at the Good
Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at Champion Funeral Home, with
the Rev. Gary Gonnerman officiating.  Visitation will be held today at
the funeral home.

Burial will be in the Osage Cemetery with military rites by American
Legion Post 278 and V.F.W. Post 7920.

Raymond Simpson was born Aug. 26, 1920 in Osage.

Survivors include one son, Robert Simpson of Austin, Texas; three
daughters, Sharon Sayles, Virginia Glassel and Beverly DeBlauwe,
all of St. Ansgar; 13 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren;
step-mother, Mabel Simpson of Waconia, Minn.; and five half-brothers,
Jerry Simpson of Duluth, Minn., Keith Simpson of Mound, Minn.,
Dean Simpson of Excelsior, Minn., Donald Simpson of Le Sueur, Minn.,
and David Simpson of Lawrenceburg, Ind.


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