Leo L. Simms

Leo L. Simms
of Chelmsford

CHELMSFORD, MA -- Leo L. Simms, 80, of Chelmsford, MA died Sunday, December 14, 2014 at the Sunny Acres Home and Rehabilitation Center in Chelmsford.

He was married the late Regina (Zubke) Simms, who passed away on Monday, December 8, 2014

Born in Annapolis, MD, he was the son of the late Rudolph and Mary Simms. He graduated from Annapolis High School in Annapolis, MD in 1952 and from John's College in Annapolis, MD with a B.A. in Liberal Arts.

He proudly served with the U.S. Air Force in Germany from 1956 to 1961.

Leo retired in 1990, from the Textron Company in Everett, where he was the Human Resource Director. He had previously worked at RCA Sylvania, Itek, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Hospital and Children's Hospital.

He was a communicant of Trinity Lutheran Church of Chelmsford, MA.

Leo was an avid photographer and enjoyed classical jazz music.

He is survived by one son, Aaron and his wife, Terri Simms of San Diego, CA; two daughters, Nicole and her husband, Michael Zupan of Burke, VA and Alyssa Simms and her husband, Kim Clark of Owings Mills, MD; two brothers-in-law, Ernst Zubke of Kiel, Germany and Peter and his wife, Fleur Zubke of Raunheim, Germany; one sister-in-law, Barbara and her husband, Gerd Fleischmann of Hamburg, Germany; five grandchildren, Neverson Clark, Octavia Clark, Aldous Clark, Josef Zupan and Elshaday Zupan and several nieces and nephews.

He was the father of the late Marc Simms of Lowell, who died in 1995 and the brother of the late Eugene Simms.

SIMMS -- Leo L. Simms of Chelmsford, MA died Dec. 14, 2014. Visitation Wed. from Noon to 12:45P.M. with a Funeral Service at 1:00PM at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 170 Old Westford Rd., Chelmsford. Burial in the Pine Ridge Cemetery, Chelmsford. ARRANGEMENTS BY DOLAN FUNERAL HOME, 106 Middlesex St., Chelmsford 978-251-4041. Guestbook at www.dolanfuneralhome.com.