Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Charles W. Simpson

May 7, 1923 - Oct. 17, 1994

 

South Bend Tribune 10/18/1994

MISHAWAKA - Charles W. Simpson, 71, of Russell Street, died at 3 p.m. Monday in his home after an illness. Mr. Simpson was a self-employed plastering contractor and retired in 1985 from South Bend Form Tool Co. He was born May 7, 1923, in LaGrange County, and lived in Mishawaka most of his life.

 

On July 19, 1975, in Mishawaka, he married Katherine B. Freels. She died March 23, 1991. He is survived by a son, Wallace D. of Mishawaka; a stepson, Kenneth C. Freels of Bremen; two step-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; his mother, Belle Simpson of Kalamazoo, formerly of Mishawaka; a sister, Zephine S. Culp of Kalamazoo; and a brother, Philip L. of Hobe Sound, Fla. He was a veteran of World War II.

 

Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Hahn Funeral Home.