Helen Catherine Simmons

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Funeral Services were held 10:30 AM, Friday, February 17, 2006 at Behner Funeral Home. Rev. Dave Peterson officiated. At her request, her body will be cremated and burial of her cremains will be at a later date in Forest Home Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant, IA.

The family requests memorials, in lieu of flowers, to be made to the First United Methodist Church, or University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

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2307 US Hwy #34
Fairfield, IA 52556

Helen Catherine Simmons was born February 26, 1913, near Trenton, Iowa in Henry County. She was the daughter of Harry and Edith (Bates) Carper. Helen married Merle Leazer April 24, 1937. She later married John Harold Simmons in Winfield, Iowa on November 24, 1961. Mr. Simmons passed away May 9, 1989.

Helen was a previous resident of Henry County. She lived in Jefferson County for 58 years. Helen was employed at Universal and also at Harper Brush Works. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Fairfield. Helen was an avid gardner and loved her family very much.

Helen is survived by her children and their families: daughter Margaret Steele and her husband Dale of Fairfield, IA and son Dick Leazer and his wife Lynn of Verona, Wisconsin. Helen was grandmother to Don Steele, granddaughter-in-law Sandra Steele, Gregory Leazer, Jennifer Leazer, Elizabeth Leazer and Steve Leazer. Her great-grandchildren are: Sandra Steele, Nathan Steele, Zachary Leazer and Nathaniel leazer.

Helen was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands and two sisters; Beulah and Ruth and her grandson, John Steele.