K.J. — M. Simon. [Group Sheet]

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CROWLEY, La. - Funeral services for Elmo P. Simon, 47, of Crowley, will be held Tuesday morning in the St. Michael Catholic Church in Crowley. Geesey-Gerguson Funeral Home of Crowley is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Simon, a postal supervisor at the Crowley post office, died at 4:45 p.m. Sunday.

Surviving are his father, Elias Simon of Crowley, his wife, the former Mary Belle Dischler; four daughters, Sharon Ann, Jacqueline, Rhonda, and Michelle, all of Crowley, two sister, Mrs. Harold Mire and Mrs. E.A. Reggie, Jr., both of Crowley, and two brothers, Oren Simon and Richard Simon, both of Crowley.

(Published in The Crowley Daily Signal on July 13, 1970)

Elmo — Mary Belle Dischler. Mary was born 31 Dec 1927, Louisiana, USA; died 22 Nov 2014, Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 25 Nov 2014, Woodlawn Cemetery - Crowley, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, Crowley for Mary Dischler Simon, 86, who died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014 at 6:15 p.m. surrounded by her loving family. Fr. Martin Nelson will officiate for the service.

The family requests visiting hours Monday from 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Tuesday from 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. A rosary will be recited Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Mrs. Simon is survived by four daughters, Sharon S. Nelson and her husband Fr. Martin Nelson of Beaumont, TX, Jacqueline S. Vondenstein and her husband Steven of Scott, Rhonda S. Schwartzenburg and her husband Elridge of Opelousas, Mary S. Briggs of Youngsville; two sisters, Loraine D. Rine of Lake Charles, Johanna D. Dupre of Lafayette; one brother, Richard Dischler of Crowley; nine grandchildren, Sarah Nelson, Virginia Nelson Hunt and her husband Brian, Tara V. Cramer and her husband Marty, Nicholas P. Vondenstein and his wife Erin, Blaire S. Emonet and husband Eric, Lindsey Schwartzenburg, Trey Schwartzenburg, Joshua Briggs and his wife Stephanie, Amber B. Harang and her husband Scott, and sixteen great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband Elmo Simon; her parents, Joseph and Louise Fontenot Dischler.

In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial contributions to St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, Crowley or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Words of comfort may be sent to the family at www.geesey-ferguson.com.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home, 301 North Avenue F, Crowley, LA 70526, 337-783-3313.

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Sunday Rites For Mr. Simon

Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the St. Michael Catholic Church for Elias Simon, 76, who died in the American Legion Hospital. Burial was in the Woodlawn Cemetery.

Survivors include two sons, Oren Simon of Crowley, and Richard Simon of Crowley; two daughters, Mrs. Harold Mire of Crowley and Mrs. Emile Reggie of Crowley; four brothers, Thea Simon of Maurice, Philo Simon of Mermentau, Otto Simon of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Loland Simon of Maurice; five sisters, Mrs. Lucy Whittington of Maurice, Mrs. Cecile Derouen of Maurice, Mrs. Althea Menard of Maurice, Mrs. Alice Simon of Maurice, and Mrs. Oston Simon of Maurice, 20 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

(Published in The Crowley Post Signal on December 28, 1976)

Elias married Anastasie Clement 20 Nov 1921, Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA. Anastasie (daughter of Anatole Clement and Odelia Breaux) was born 17 Nov 1900, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 10 Sep 1958, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 12 Sep 1958, Woodlawn Cemetery - Crowley, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Mrs. Elias Simon Rites Set Friday

CROWLEY, La. - Mrs. Elias Simon, 57, of Crowley, died in the American Legion Hospital at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday following an illness of about two weeks.

Funeral services have been scheduled for 9 a.m. Friday in St. Michael's Catholic Church, with burial to follow in Woodlawn cemetery. The body will remain at the Geesey - Ferguson Funeral Home until the time of the rites.

Mrs. Simon was the mother of Miss Janice Simon, 18 year olf beauty who will represent Crowley at the International Rice Festival this year.

The former Tazie Clement, Mrs. Simon was born Nov. 17, 1900, in Rayne. She moved to Crowley in 1921 and had been a resident since that time.

Besides her daughter, Janice, Mrs. Simon is survived by her husband; another daughter, Mrs. Harold Mire of Crowley; three sons, Elmo, Oren, and Richard Simon, all of Crowley; three brothers, Walter Clement of Rayne, B.B. Clement of Lake Charles, and Elphie Clement of Rayne; two sisters, Mrs. M. J. Henry of Galveston, Tex., and Mrs. Leland Clark of Lake Charles; and nine grandchildren

(Published in The Crowley Daily Signal on September 11, 1958)