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Simmons, Helen M.
Helen M. Simmons, 92, of Iowa City, formerly of West Branch, died March 15, 2010, at Mercy Hospital Hospice. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church. Visitation will be held one hour before services at the church. Burial will be in the Springdale Cemetery, rural West Branch.
The Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Branch is in charge of arrangements.
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Memorials may be made to Iowa City Hospice or First Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include one son, Kenneth (Janice) Mather of West Liberty; three grandsons, Randy (Tammy) Mather of West Liberty, Alan (Xann) Mather of West Liberty, and Mike (Sherma) Mather of Richmond, Va.; five great-grandchildren, Amanda, Josh, Kelzi, Kiersen, and Keaton; two sisters-in-law, Doris Hinkhouse of West Branch and Elma Hinkhouse of Urbana, Ill.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Clara and Fred Hinkhouse; husband, Ralph Simmons; two brothers, William and Herb Hinkhouse; and one sister, Dorothy Towell.
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