Iris Elaine MYERS

1929 - 2012  (83 years)

• Name	Iris Elaine MYERS
  Birth	6 Oct 1929	Pepin County, Wisconsin
  Gender	Female
  Death	25 Oct 2012	Goodhue County, Minnesota
  Burial	Oakwood Cemetery, Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota
  Notes	Iris Elaine Simonson, 83, of Red Wing, died on Oct. 25 at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park. She was born on Oct. 6, 1929, in Frankford Township, Arkansaw, Wis., to Glen and Ida (DeMarce) Myers. She grew up in the Arkansaw area and graduated from Arkansaw High School in 1947. On June 21, 1951, she married Arnold Simonson at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. After their children were grown, she went to work at the Red Wing Shoe Company for 20 years. Arnold died on Jan. 4, 1990. She was a member of United Lutheran Church, and in her spare time, she enjoyed traveling and reading. Her main joy in life was caring for others. Iris is survived by seven children, Lynne Somerville of Red Wing, Patricia (Stanley) Snook of Helena, Mont., Julie (James Sr.) Newby of Bountiful, Utah, Rodney (Hope) Simonson of Bay City, Laurel (Daniel) Bram of Mason City, Iowa, Barbara (Timothy) Theobald of Burnsville, and Kathy (Jay) Clarke of Lakeville; 24 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Clayton (Geri) Myers of Arkansaw and Donald Myers of Arden Hills, Minn.; three sisters, Janice (Vaughn) Girard of Plum City, Wis., Jeanette (Danny) Richardson of Plum City, and Jackie (Brent) Herbst of Arkansaw; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; one sister, Charlotte Marcks; and two nephews, Gary and Steve Myers.
  Person ID	I31392	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2020

  
  

  Family	Arnold Merle SIMONSON,   b. 28 May 1927, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. 4 Jan 1990, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	21 Jun 1951	Iowa
  	Little Brown Church, Nashua
  Family ID	F21735	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2020