- Mrs. Simonton Died Friday, November 15
Mrs. Ben Simonton passed away early Friday morning, November 15th, following an extended illness. Death came to her at her home on Maple Street. She was 66 years old. She had been an invalid for eight years and recently suffered a stroke of paralysis.
Sarah Walker Simonton was born May 13, 1880, in Alexandria, Minnesota, where she spent the years of childhood and youth. Early in life she began to make her own way by working as a saleswoman in dry goods and department stores in Minnesota and North Dakota. She was the daughter of a prominent pioneer family of Alexandria. Her father was James Walker.
In the year of 1914 she came to Sauk Centre and was employed in the Boston store, then owned by W. O. P. Hilsdale. Later when the business was sold to H. W. Bishop, she continued as a saleslady and buyer for the firm.
On December 26, 1924, she was united in Marriage to Ben P. Simonton and during the past ten years they have made their home in this city.
Mrs. Simonton was a member of the Episcopal church of Naomi Chapter O. E. S., and the Rebekah lodge.
She is survived by her husband, Ben P. Simonton of this city, two sisters, Mrs. Fred Eschler, of St Paul, and Mrs.. Clara Gerberick, of Hawthorne, California, and one brother, Harvey Walker, of Sauk Centre, and the following nieces and nephews: Mrs. Katherine McNamara, of St. Paul; Mrs. Jack Sheppard, Fair Hope, Ala.; Mrs.. Charles Doolittle, of Bradenton, Florida; and Neal and Thomas Gerberick, of Hawthorne, California.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock in the Berggreen Funeral Chapel. The Rev. G. Windsor, pastor of the Congregational church, conducted the service and interment was in Oakland cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Fay Cooper, Mike Frank, Gus Anderson, Henry Parker, Lynn Whitosn, and John Doege.
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Sauk Centre Historical Society
Transcribed by L B Kostrzewski
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