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Francis Wayne Simpson

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Birth	:	27 Mar 1924
Death	:	11 Jul 2005
Burial	:	Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.2780991, -95.9593964
Description	:	Funeral services for Francis Wayne Simpson, long-time St. John resident, will be held Friday, July 15, 2005 at 11:00 AM at the Endicott Seventh Day Adventist Church. The graveside service will precede the service at 10:00 AM at the Endicott Cemetery. Viewing will be Thursday from 9-5 at the funeral home. Francis passed away Monday, July 11th at Whitman Health & Rehab in Colfax. He was 81. He was born March 27, 1924 in Battle Ground, WA to Allen and Gertrude Morrison Simpson. He moved with his family to St. John as a little boy and they settled on a ranch near... Read More	Funeral services for Francis Wayne Simpson, long-time St. John resident, will be held Friday, July 15, 2005 at 11:00 AM at the Endicott Seventh Day Adventist Church. The graveside service will precede the service at 10:00 AM at the Endicott Cemetery. Viewing will be Thursday from 9-5 at the funeral home. Francis passed away Monday, July 11th at Whitman Health & Rehab in Colfax. He was 81. He was born March 27, 1924 in Battle Ground, WA to Allen and Gertrude Morrison Simpson. He moved with his family to St. John as a little boy and they settled on a ranch near Rock Lake. He graduated from Pine City High School in 1942. Francis worked for a brief time in the Bremerton shipyards building battleships before being drafted into the U.S. Navy in 1944. He was medically discharged a couple weeks later. He worked for the Boeing Company on the B-17 assembly line and recalled writing his name on the last bomber built by his plant. He married Virginia Milne in 1952 and a son, Robert "Bob," was welcomed into the family. Francis and Virginia later divorced and after working various farming jobs around St. John he began a career with the St. John Grange Supply. He retired after several years with the fertilizer plant. He married Lora Opal Jordan Nicholson June 15, 1984 in Spokane. They enjoyed traveling and Francis was proud to have been her caregiver for three years before she passed away a little over a year ago. He was always very active on the St. John Fire Dept., was a member of Kenova Grange and the American Legion. He attended the Endicott SDA church, liked tinkering with small engines and always had a joke to tell. He always had time for children, especially his grandkids. He is survived by his son, Bob, at St. John; three stepchildren, Micheal, Gary and Dennis Nichol- son; three grandchildren, eight stepgrandchildren, three great-grandchildren, eight stepgreat-grandchildren; two brothers, John Simpson of Colfax and Tom Simpson of St. John; and two sisters, Margaret Smith of Ed- monds, WA and Mary Rickel of Waitsburg, WA. In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Ted and Bob. On-line guest book is at www.bruningfuneralhome.com. Memorials are suggested to the St. John Fire Dept. Services entrusted to BRUNING FUNERAL HOME OF COLFAX, WA.

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Francis Wayne Simpson's memorial is located at: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, USA.
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Latitude: 41.2780991
Longitude: -95.9593964

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Elsie Winnifred Meyer Harrison

(1931 - 1973)

Lora Opal Simpson

(1920 - 2004)

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