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Edith Leona Simmons

1932 - 2019

Edith Leona Simmons obituary, 1932-2019, Vandalia, IL

BORN

1932

DIED

2019

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Hohlt & File Funeral Home, Ltd. - Vandalia

204 North Fourth Street

Vandalia, Illinois

Edith Simmons Obituary

Edith Leona Simmons, 86, of Vandalia, passed away on Friday, May 3, 2019, at her home in Brookstone Estates in Vandalia.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday at Bethel Baptist Church in rural Vandalia, with Dr. Ben Foxworth officiating. Interment will follow at Green Hill Cemetery in VanBurensburg. Visitation will be held from noon until time of services on Thursday at the church. Memorials: Bethel Baptist Church. Hohlt and File Funeral Home in Vandalia was in charge of arrangements. Online condolences can be expressed at www.hohltandfilefh.com.
Mrs. Simmons was born on July 12, 1932, in Vandalia, the daughter of Henry and Beulah (Caudry) Campbell. She married Floyd H. Simmons, and together they raised three children; he preceded her in death on Feb. 10, 1992.
Edith was a homemaker and also worked at Majestic Drapery in Vandalia. She enjoyed knitting and sewing. Edith was a very devoted and faithful member of Bethel Baptist Church.
She is survived by her son, Ronald Simmons of Vandalia; daughter, Sandra Simmons of Mobile, Ala.; son-in-law, Robert Hellman and wife Tammy of Vandalia; grandchildren, Derek Hellman, Ryan Hellman, Steve Simmons, Alan Paulding and Trevor Simmons; a great-granddaughter; and brothers, Malcolm Campbell and Vern Lanham.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; a daughter, Charlotte Hellman; and siblings, Dorothy Frey, Kenneth Campbell, Vera Hendrix, Ramona Lanham and Wesley Lanham.

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Published by The Leader-Union from May 6 to May 15, 2019.

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Sandra Simmons

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I wish I could be there to pay my respects but my health won't permit. I know she is in heaven now and happy.

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