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William
"Bill" Simpson Sr., 83
Plummer
- William "Bill" Simpson, Sr., 83, died on
Saturday, July 20, 2002, at his rural Plummer home.
Visitation
was on Tuesday, July 23 
from
6 to 8 p.m. with a 7 p.m. prayer service at the
Johnson Funeral Home in Red Lake Falls. Visitation
will also be held for one hour prior to services at
the church. Funeral services will be held on
Wednesday, July 24 at 11 a.m. at the Seventh Day
Adventist Church in Thief River Falls with Rev.
Mark Luckiesh officiating. Darcy Nordvick will be
the organist and Scott Simpson will sing "The
Lord's Prayer". Casketbearers will be Patrick
Simpson, William Simpson III, Scott Simpson, Daniel
Hesse, Kevin Malwitz and Ferd DeHate. Honory
casketbearers shall be all of Bill's family and
friends. Interment will take place at Oak Grove
Cemetery in Red Lake Falls with military honors
provided by the American Legion Post of
Plummer.
William
Martin Simpson was born on April 22, 1919, the son
of the late Walter and Inez (Anderson) Simpson, in
Afton, Iowa. He grew up and attended school in
Creston, Iowa. On March 12, 1941, he entered the
United States Army, serving as Tank Destroyer
Commander in the Phillippines, New Guinea, Eastern
Mandates, Bismarck Archipelago, and Luzon. He
received the Bronze Medal with Bronze V Device, the
Good Conduct Medal, the American Defense Service
Ribbon, and the Phillippine Liberation Ribbon with
one Bronze Star. Bill was honorably discharged on
August 16, 1945.
On
June 16, 1946, he married Helen H. Hesse in St.
Paul, where they lived while Bill worked for the
railroad and for Union Brass. In 1950, the family
moved to the farm south of Plummer, where they
resided until 1987, when they moved into their
present home. Bill farmed in the Plummer area, and
he also worked for American Crystal Sugar in
Crookston.
Bill
liked hunting and fishing and enjoyed shooting the
bull with his family and friends, but most of all,
he enjoyed the time spent with his grandchildren
and great-grandchildren. He was a life member of
the VFW and a member of the Plummer American
Legion, the NRA and the NFO.
Survivors
include his wife, Helen of Plummer; two sons,
William Martin Simpson II of Detroit Lakes, and
Charles Sylvester (Jolayne) Simpson of Plummer; six
grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and his
brother, Charles Edward Simpson of Port Angeles,
Wash.
Bill
was preceded in death by his parents and one
sister, Mary (Simpson) Stout.
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