Clement M. Simmons, 52, of Manhattan, an air driller at the Trident Ideal Cement Plant where he had worked for 19 years, died Sunday evening of an apparent attack at the Logan gymnasium where he had gone to play basketball with friends.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Dokken-Nelson Sunset Chapel. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Simmons was born February 29, 1916, in Pickering, Mo., son of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert C. Simmons. He attended schools in Missouri.
He came to Montana in 1937 and moved to Manhattan in 1948. He had worked for the cement company since 1949.
Simmons married Bertha Verwolf at Bozeman on August 9.
He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force on Sept. 12, 1942, and served in the European – African Middle Theater during World War II. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Survivors, in addition to his widow at Manhattan, include two daughters, Mrs. John (Lucille) Breeden of Great Falls and Mrs. Melvin (Karen) McKitrick of Salt Lake City; his mother, Mrs. Myrta Simmons of Bedford, Iowa; his father, E. C. Simmons of Maryville, Mo.; two brothers, Lynn Simmons of Bozeman and Wilbur Simmons of Bedford, Iowa; three sisters, Mrs. Everett (Doris) Miller, Mrs. Eugene (Mildred) Small and Mrs. Kent Barber, all of Missouri, and several nieces and nephews.
Printed in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle – March 4, 1968
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Dokken-Nelson Sunset Chapel. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Simmons was born February 29, 1916, in Pickering, Mo., son of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert C. Simmons. He attended schools in Missouri.
He came to Montana in 1937 and moved to Manhattan in 1948. He had worked for the cement company since 1949.
Simmons married Bertha Verwolf at Bozeman on August 9.
He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force on Sept. 12, 1942, and served in the European – African Middle Theater during World War II. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Survivors, in addition to his widow at Manhattan, include two daughters, Mrs. John (Lucille) Breeden of Great Falls and Mrs. Melvin (Karen) McKitrick of Salt Lake City; his mother, Mrs. Myrta Simmons of Bedford, Iowa; his father, E. C. Simmons of Maryville, Mo.; two brothers, Lynn Simmons of Bozeman and Wilbur Simmons of Bedford, Iowa; three sisters, Mrs. Everett (Doris) Miller, Mrs. Eugene (Mildred) Small and Mrs. Kent Barber, all of Missouri, and several nieces and nephews.
Printed in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle – March 4, 1968
Clement M. Simmons, 52, of Manhattan, an air driller at the Trident Ideal Cement Plant where he had worked for 19 years, died Sunday evening of an apparent attack at the Logan gymnasium where he had gone to play basketball with friends.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Dokken-Nelson Sunset Chapel. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Simmons was born February 29, 1916, in Pickering, Mo., son of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert C. Simmons. He attended schools in Missouri.
He came to Montana in 1937 and moved to Manhattan in 1948. He had worked for the cement company since 1949.
Simmons married Bertha Verwolf at Bozeman on August 9.
He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force on Sept. 12, 1942, and served in the European – African Middle Theater during World War II. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Survivors, in addition to his widow at Manhattan, include two daughters, Mrs. John (Lucille) Breeden of Great Falls and Mrs. Melvin (Karen) McKitrick of Salt Lake City; his mother, Mrs. Myrta Simmons of Bedford, Iowa; his father, E. C. Simmons of Maryville, Mo.; two brothers, Lynn Simmons of Bozeman and Wilbur Simmons of Bedford, Iowa; three sisters, Mrs. Everett (Doris) Miller, Mrs. Eugene (Mildred) Small and Mrs. Kent Barber, all of Missouri, and several nieces and nephews.
Printed in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle – March 4, 1968
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Dokken-Nelson Sunset Chapel. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Simmons was born February 29, 1916, in Pickering, Mo., son of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert C. Simmons. He attended schools in Missouri.
He came to Montana in 1937 and moved to Manhattan in 1948. He had worked for the cement company since 1949.
Simmons married Bertha Verwolf at Bozeman on August 9.
He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force on Sept. 12, 1942, and served in the European – African Middle Theater during World War II. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Survivors, in addition to his widow at Manhattan, include two daughters, Mrs. John (Lucille) Breeden of Great Falls and Mrs. Melvin (Karen) McKitrick of Salt Lake City; his mother, Mrs. Myrta Simmons of Bedford, Iowa; his father, E. C. Simmons of Maryville, Mo.; two brothers, Lynn Simmons of Bozeman and Wilbur Simmons of Bedford, Iowa; three sisters, Mrs. Everett (Doris) Miller, Mrs. Eugene (Mildred) Small and Mrs. Kent Barber, all of Missouri, and several nieces and nephews.
Printed in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle – March 4, 1968
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