Norman Paul Simons

Male 1922 - 1987  (64 years)


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  • Name Norman Paul Simons 
    Birth 10 Oct 1922  Buffalo, Erie Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military Service Abt 1942 
    World War II (US)
    US Army 11th Armored Division
    Battle of the Bulge - he received a Grand Cross of Homage from the Military Order of the Ardennes for service in the Battle of the Bulge. 
    Death 25 Jun 1987  Dansville, North Dansville, Livingston Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Greenmount Cemetery, North Dansville, Livingston Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Norman P. Simons, 64, of 33 Morey Ave. in Dansville died Thursday (June 25, 1987) in Noyes Memorial Hospital following a long illness.
      He was born Oct. 19, 1922, a son of Frank and Caroline Strickniss Simons. A resident of Dansville most of his life, Mr. Simons was employed by the Village of Dansville Water Department, serving as department foreman until retiring in 1985.

      An Army 11th Armored Division veteran of World War II, he received a Grand Cross of Homage from the Military Order of the Ardennes for service in the Battle of the Bulge. Mr. Simons was commander and a life member of Frank J. Casbolt Post 6780, Veterans of Foreign Wars; a member of Daniel Goho American Legion Post 87; Disabled American Veterans Post 170 in Mt. Morris; Loyal Order of Moose Lodge 1130 in Dansville and the Southern Tier and Western New York Water Works association.

      Mr. Simons was a 39-year member of the Jackson Hose Co. of the Dansville Fire Department and an operator of the Cooperative Weather Station in Dansville for the U.S. Weather Service for 25 years, maintaining and reporting daily data to the federal agency.

      He had assisted many community organizations including the Noyes Memorial Hospital Auxiliary where he became well-known for his fund raising activities of wearing the tall chef's hat and white jacket at the sidewalk sales which was a major fund-raiser for the group.

      Surviving are his wife, Jane LaPiana Simons; a daughter, Linda Lemen of Dansville; two step-daughters, Dr. Mary Lou Meyers of Pittsford and Mary White of Rochester; a step-son, Michael Meyers of Rochester; two grandchildren.

      A service was conducted in the Hindle Funeral Home here Saturday afternoon with the Rev. Paul Shoop officiating. Burial was in Greenmount Cemetery, Dansville.

      Memorial contributions may be made to Frank J. Casbolt VFW Post, 145 Main St., Dansville. (GCE, July 2, 1987, p4)
    Person ID I5342  OurNorthernRoots
    Last Modified 18 Aug 2022 

    Family Mildred Isabel Lander,   b. 8 Jul 1925, Dansville, Steuben Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jul 1982, Hornell, Steuben Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 15 Sep 1955 
    Children 
    +1. Living
    Family ID F874  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Oct 1922 - Buffalo, Erie Co., New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Jun 1987 - Dansville, North Dansville, Livingston Co., New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Greenmount Cemetery, North Dansville, Livingston Co., New York, USA Link to Google Earth
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