Richard
Lewis
(Dick)
Simmons
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Ray Clement SImmons
and Hesper Lucina (Gould) Simmons
Brother of
Clement Merrill Simmons, Roberta Lee (Simmons) Martin, Ruth (SImmons) Barber and Shirley Rae (Simmons) Steenken
Husband of
Byrd (Preston) Simmons
— married
18 Oct 1947 in Connecticut
[children unknown]
Died
at age 71
in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Feb 2016
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Biography
Richard was born in Connecticut on 11 Oct 1926. Richard was the child of Ray SImmons and Hesper Gould.
Hesper (Gould) Simmons and her husband Ray Clement Simmons' family lived on Silver Lane, East Hartford, in 1930:
- Clement Simmons, age 13,
- Roberta age 11
- Ruth age 9
- Shirley age 5
- Richard age 3. [1]
At age 13, he was attending school and living with his parents in East Hartford. [2]
MILITARY: Mm3, US Navy - World War II
Death
Richard Lewis Simmons passed away on 02 January 1998 at age 72. He is interred at Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico; Find-a-Grave Memorial #118320626. [3][4]
Byrd Preston Simmons, b. 21 Nov 1924, died 20 December 2011 and is interred at Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her tombstone can be viewed at Find-a-Grave Memorial #142293582. [5]
Sources
- ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; Roll: 262; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0121; FHL microfilm: 2339997
- ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; Roll: m-t0627-00503; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 2-58
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2018), memorial page for Richard Lewis Simmons (11 Oct 1926–2 Jan 1998), Find A Grave Memorial no. 1181598, citing Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA ; Maintained by US Veterans Affairs Office (contributor 5) .
- ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JP3T-J65 : 20 May 2014), Richard L Simmons, 02 Jan 1998; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ↑ Find-a-Grave Memorial #142293582.
- Year: 1940; Census Place: East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; Roll: T627_503; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 2-58
Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
- Selective Service Registration Certificate dated 8 September 1948 from Local Board in East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
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