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Niagara Gazette - 3/16/1963

SIMMONS-At her home 3313 Ridge
Road, Town of Cambria. Saturday,
March 16 , 1963. After a long Illness.
Minnie (Wiepert) Simmons, age 88.
Mother of Herbert of North Tonawanda,
Mrs. Edward Barkou and
Mrs. Edna Ward both of Niagara
Fails. Sister of Mrs. Emma Krohn of
Ransomvllle. She Is also survived by
5 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchll.
dren. Funeral services will be held
Monday, March 18 at 2:00 P.m. from
me home on the Ridge Road and 2:30
P.m. from St. Peter's Lutheran church.
North Ridge. Rev. Carl Oldach officiating.
Interment In North Rldge
Cemetery. Arrangements by the Gentle
Funeral Parlor, Main St., Ransomvllle.

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Niagara Falls Gazette, 16 March 1963
Minnie Wiepert Simmons, 88, died today (March 16, 1963) at her home, 3313 Ridge Road, Town of Cambria, after a lengthy illness. Born in Youngstown March 8. 1875, Mrs. Simmons was a lifelong member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, North Ridge, and active in all branches of church work. Surviving are a son, Herbert Simmons, North Tonawanda; two daughters, Mrs Edward Barkow and Mrs. Edna Ward of Niagara Falls; a sister Mrs Emma Krohn, Ransomville; five grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. Service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the family home and at 2:30 p.m. at St. Peter's Church by Rev. Carl Oldach, Burial will be in North Ridge Cemetery.

Wilhelmine married SIMMONS, Johann Karl Ludwig on 8 Feb 1899 in North Ridge, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. Johann (son of ZIEHMS, Johann Friedrich Georg and SCHURKE, Friederike Johanne Dorothea) was born on 24 Sep 1874 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 6 Apr 1956 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 2/10/1956

RANSOMVILLE, Fab. 10. - Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Simmons, South
Ridge road, celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary, Sunday, at
the Park hotel, Lockport. The Immediate
families were present
A dinner was served from a table
centered with a large wedding cake
decorated with yellow roses and
told leaves. Mrs. Simmons wore
a black print dress with matching
accessories and a corsage of yellow
tea roses.
Mr. and Mrs. Simmons were married
February 8, 1899, at the St.
Peter's Lutheran church, North
Ridge. They have one son, Herbert
Simmons, North Tonawanda: two
daughters, Mrs. Edward Barkow,
Mrs. .Rensselaer Ward, Niagara
Falls, and five grandchildren, Phyllis
and Roger Simmons, Mrs. James
Flanagan and Wayne and Larry
Ward.
In the evening they were enter-
tained at their home at a party.
At midnight a delicious buffet
lunch was served. They received
many gifts and cards of congratulations.

1. SIMMONS, Herbert C was born on 15 Dec 1899 in New York; and died.
2. SIMMONS, Irene A was born on 23 Feb 1901 in New York; died in Nov 1981 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY.
3. SIMMONS, Edna M was born about 1923 in New York.

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Niagara Gazette - 1/20/1937

SANBORN, Jan. 20.-Fred Wlepert,
88 years old, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Louis Simmons, on the
South Ridge road. Town of Cambria,
this morning. He is survived by two
sons, John Wlepert, also of the South
R'dge road, and Charles Wiepert, of
Ransomville; three daughters, Mrs.
Simmons and Mrs. William Krohn
and Mrs. Ernest Krohn, both of Ransomvllle,
and one brother, Charles
Wiepert, in Germany. Nineteen grand-
children and 19 great-grandchildren
also survive. He was the husband of
the late Wilhelmina Wiepert.
Sixty-six years ago Mr. Wiepert
came to this country from Germany
and settled near Ransomville in the
Town of Porter. Later he moved to
the Ridge road. Town of Ransomville.
He had been ill for about a year and
during that time had lived with his
daughter. He was a member of St.
Peter's church, North Ridge road.
The funeral will be held from the
home of his daughter at 2 p. m. Saturday,
with services at St. Peter's church
at 2:30 p. m., the Rev. C. Oldah officiating.

Ferdinand married TAEGE, Wilhelmine about 1870. Wilhelmine was born on 2 Sep 1847 in Bad Freienwalde, Brandenburg, Germany; died on 16 Oct 1917 in Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]