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Bernard Francis Shimon

Birth	:	18 Sep 1922 Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	19 Feb 1995 Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Calvary Cemetery, Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.7335000, -94.6597000
Description	:	“Retired pharmacist... “Bernard Shimon, 72, dies Sunday at hospital” “Bernard F. Shimon, retired pharmacist of Pocahontas, died Sunday afternoon, Feb. 19, 1995, at Pocahontas Community Hospital after a lengthy illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, at Resurrection of Our Lord Catholic Church in Pocahontas. Visitation is set to start at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Powers Funeral Home in Pocahontas. Burial is in Calvary Cemetery in Pocahontas. There will be a Rosary at 3 p.m. Tuesday by the Catholic Ladies Society and a Parish Prayer service at... Read More	“Retired pharmacist... “Bernard Shimon, 72, dies Sunday at hospital” “Bernard F. Shimon, retired pharmacist of Pocahontas, died Sunday afternoon, Feb. 19, 1995, at Pocahontas Community Hospital after a lengthy illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, at Resurrection of Our Lord Catholic Church in Pocahontas. Visitation is set to start at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Powers Funeral Home in Pocahontas. Burial is in Calvary Cemetery in Pocahontas. There will be a Rosary at 3 p.m. Tuesday by the Catholic Ladies Society and a Parish Prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, all at the funeral home. He was born September 18, 1922, at Des Moines. In 1924 he and his parents, Lawrence and Agnes Shimon, moved to Gilmore City, where he attended elementary and high school. After attending the American Institute of Business in Des Moines, he was employed by the FBI in Washington, D.C., where he worked in the fingerprint department. He enlisted in the Army in 1942 and served in the Pacific Theater until being discharged in 1945. After the war, Bernie continued his education at the University of Iowa and graduated from the college of pharmacy in 1951. He owned and operated the Shimon Rexall Drug Store in Gilmore City from 1951 to 1968. In 1962, he opened Shimon Rexall Drug in Pocahontas and moved his family to Pocahontas in 1969. He served as pharmacist for the Pocahontas Community Hospital and Pocahontas Manor Care Center until his retirement in 1989. Bernie married Margaret Crotty of Pocahontas in 1948. They have seven children: Joan Nedved, Pocahontas, Douglas, Fort Dodge, Barbara Shilling, LeMars, Nancy Kay, Chandler, AZ, Alan, Alqonquin, IL, Jean, Mesa, AZ, Richard, Schaumburg, IL, and 11 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Donald, and an infant daughter, Mary June. Bernie was a member of the Iowa Pharmacists Association, Rotary International and the American Legion.” Contributed by Ann Bowler, #46893124 [This obit contained newspaper typographical errors which were corrected (cemetary, rosasary). Hopefully, the editor would have approved -Teresa]

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Bernard Francis Shimon's memorial is located at: Calvary Cemetery, Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, USA.
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Bernard Francis Shimon death on 19 Feb 1995 in Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.7335000
Longitude: -94.6597000

Family Members:

Parent

Lawrence Francis Shimon

(1897 - 1965)

Agnes May Stover Shimon

(1886 - 1963)

Spouse

Margaret “Marge” Crotty Shimon

(1926 - 2008)

Siblings

Donald L Shimon

(1924 - 1944)

Children

Mary June Shimon

(1962 - 1962)

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Coordinate: 42.7335000, -94.6597000

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Coordinate: 42.8557396, -94.5801773

14. Saint Johns Catholic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.7332993, -94.4672012

15. Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery
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16. Dover Township Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6896100, -94.8524200

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Coordinate: 42.8403015, -94.8368988

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Coordinate: 42.8438988, -94.8330994

21. Old Rolfe Cemetery
Rolfe, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8403511, -94.4764175

22. Marshall Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.7633018, -94.8930969

23. Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery
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