Maxine Simmons
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Maxine Simmons, 88, of Fort Scott, passed away early Friday morning, Sept. 14, 2007, at Medicalodge. in Fort Scott, Kan. She was born April 30, 1919, in Wheeling, Mo., the daughter of Virgil A. and Avis I. (Brobst) Patterson. She moved to Mapleton Kan., in 1924, and attended Mapleton schools through the eighth grade. She graduated from Fulton High School in 1939, and Fort Scott Community College in 1941. She married Vernon Leslie Simmons May 10, 1942, in Fort Scott. He preceded her in death Oct. 13, 1985.