Kyle Brooks Simonson

Kyle Brooks Simonson died in a traffic accident on June 8, 2008. He was born May 2, 1982, in Hanford California. He grew up in Laton and Lemoore. He loved to golf, listen to music, read, and spend time with his family. He graduated from Lemoore High School in 2000 and from Fresno Pacific University in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in Business Management. He moved to Orange County, California, in 2005 to begin his career. While in Orange County he made many new friends and became active in his church, Rock Harbor. He met the love of his life, Chelsea, and they planned to be married later this year.

Kyle was a voracious reader and was training for next year's Los Angeles Marathon. He was also preparing to begin his education to become a Certified Financial Planner. He greatly admired Payne Stewart, Steve Prefontaine and Pat Tillman, becoming a strong supporter of the Pat Tillman Foundation. Kyle often mentioned that his biggest heroes were his parents. He admired their strength, their love of life, work ethic and their commitment to family. He considered his parents to be close friends and trusted advisors.

There were many accomplishments in Kyle's life, such as being a member of a Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team at Fresno Pacific University that was a regional winner. His most notable accomplishment was that he was such a blessing to his parents, his brothers, his fiancée and all who knew him. Kyle was very loved and will be terribly missed. The things he wanted to accomplish in life were to play golf in all 50 states, complete a triathlon, learn to fly an airplane, and be able to write a million dollar check to the Pat Tillman Foundation.

Surviving are his mother and father, Lenore and Joe Simonson of Lemoore; his twin brother and sister-in-law, Sean and Ann Simonson of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; his younger brother, Trevor Simonson, of Lemoore; his grandparents, John and Janet Simonson, also of Lemoore; his fiancée, Chelsea Belardo of Costa Mesa; and many other family members, friends and loved ones.

In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting all donations be made to the Pat Tillman Foundation in Kyle's name (www.pattillmanfoundation.org).

The memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 13, 2008, at South Valley Community Church, 1050 West Bush Street, Lemoore, CA 93245. Telephone: 559.924.3458

Arrangements are under the direction of People's Funeral Chapel.

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This obituary was originally published in The Hanford Sentinel.