Thomas
Simpson, 72
Thief
River Falls - Thomas "Archie" Simpson, 72, died
Wednesday, June 2, 2004 at his home in rural Thief
River Falls.
Funeral
services were held on Saturday, June 5 at
Johnson-Green Funeral Service in Thief River Falls.
Interment was held at Holt Cemetery in Holt.
Thomas
"Archie" Simpson was born February 13, 1932, at
Lowefarm in Manitoba, Canada, the son of Dewey and
Elsie (Greening) Simpson. He grew up and attended
several schools and graduated from Warren High
School in 1950. He also attended Northpark College
in Chicago, Ill. for one year.
He served
his county with the United States Army, serving in
Japan during the Korean War. He was honorably
discharged.
On June
22, 1957, Archie was united in marriage to Lucille
King in Massachusetts, where the couple made their
home in Danvers for 20 years. In 1977, they moved
to Thief River Falls, where they have since
resided. He worked for Lee Plumbing for 2 years.
They were foster parents for disabled adults.
Archie worked for many years as a handyman in the
Thief River Falls area.
Archie
enjoyed raising chickens, gardening, his hobby
farm, traveling and tinkering around the farm. He
also loved cats.
Survivors
include his wife, Lucille of Thief River Falls;
children, Kim (Owen) Steinhauer of Thief River
Falls, Kathy (Del) Olson of Gilbert, Ariz., Kristen
(Dean) Pennington of Ashland, Kent., Thomas
(Shelah) Simpson of Thief River Falls and Charles
(Rhonda) Simpson of Evansville, Ind.; 17
grandchildren; sisters, Mildred Metcalf of Angus
and Violet (Lloyd) Lenhart of Thief River Falls;
three nephews and a niece.
He was
preceded in death by one granddaughter; his parents
and an infant brother. A00003B2004JN09
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