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SIMPSON, Belle Shaffer

Source:  Danville, Illinois Commercial News October 16, 1971
ATTICA, Ind. (CNS) – Mrs. Belle Simpson, 93, of 814 S. McDonald, died at 11:10 p.m. Friday (Oct. 15, 1971) at the Small Nursing Home, where she had been a patient since Nov. 11, 1968. Born in Portland Arch on Jan. 4, 1878, she was the daughter of Peter A. and Sarah Jane Miller Shaffer. She was married on Aug. 4, 1917, in Detroit, Mich., to Charles E. Simpson who died Feb. 9, 1952. A life resident of the area, she was a former telephone operator at Danville, Ill. Her husband was a railroader. Survivors include two step-daughters, Mrs. Muriel Easley of Tucson, Ariz. and Mrs. Leon Czuchran of Whittier, Calif.; a niece, Mrs. Donald Vaugh of Lafayette; and a nephew, Lloyd Shaffer of Attica. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Maus Funeral Home, with the Rev. Harry C. Randolph officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Friends will be received at the funeral home after 6 p.m. Sunday. – jlr
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