The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-10-12
MRS. SIMMONS DEAD.
Wife of the Well Known Kenosha
BenefactOr Passed Away at Her
Home This Morning.
LIVED HERE MANY YEARS.

Deceased Had Been an Invalid for Many
Years-Her Long Residence in the City
and Her Many Virtues Made Her Uni
versally Beloved-The Funeral will be
Held on Friday Afternoon at the Family
Residence on Prairie Avenue.
The entire community was shocked
this morning by the announcement of
the death of Mrs. Z. G. Simmons,
which occurred a little after O'Clock
at the family residence on Prairie
avenue. Mrs. Simmons had been Sc
rious1y i'll for fevera1 weeks, but yes
terday it was reported that she was
slowly improving and that there were
yet hopes for her recovery. Last night
a relapse came and death followed
shortly after. The funeral will be
held from the family residence on
Prairie avenue on Friday afternoon at
3 O'Clock.
The announcement of the death
of Mrs. Emma Eliza Simmons marks
the passing of one of the best known
and most universally beloved women
of the city. Mrs. Simmons was 90
years of age. She was daughter of
Capt. Morris Robinson, who was one
of the early settlers of Lake county,
Ill. The deceased was born in C1eve-
land, Ohio, Oct. IS, 1880. When she
was five years of age she came with
her parents to Lake county where she
grew to young womanhood She
shared the hardships of the early times
and to Mrs. Simmons as much as any
other woman is due the broad fOunda-
tons laid in their early times for the
of the city and county.
On April Goth, 1850, Miss Emma Rob
inson was married to z. @. Simmons
and a short time later she came to this
city to live. Since that time Mrs. Sim
mons has been a continuous resident
of Kenosha. In the earlier days the
cia1 gayety in the city but during the
last decade Mrs. Simmons has been
an invalid and has been forced to yield
her place to others, but the early mem
cries of other days still live and she
is still considered one of Kenosha's
leading citizens. Although broken
down in health her interest in the city
and it's people never became any the
less. Mrs. Simmons was decidedly
woman of the home. She loved her
home and family more than anything
else and it had always been great
trial to her that she was forced to spend
a great deal of her time in other states
in vain effort to recuperate her fail
ing health Like her husband, Mrs.
Simmons was a great benefaCtOr of the
city and the poor and needy always
found in her their staunchest friend.
No charitable institution ever appealed
to her in vain and many people of the
city will feel honored to say of her that
she was a friend. All her life was
given up in furthering the happiness
of those around her and whether it
was friend or neighbor or one of
the members of her own family, the
kindness was always rendered in such
a way that it was even dearer and
sweeter to the beneficiary. All these
acts of kindness had bound many peo-
pie to her with a bond as strong as
kinship and her death will cause a per-
sona1 sorrow in many hearts. Mrs.
Simmons had been deeply Interested in
the work of her husband in building
the library which should stand as a
memorial to her son, Gilbert M. Sim
mons, and she had often expressed the
wish that she might be permitted to
live to see the completed work. For
the last few years Mrs. Simmons has
been confined to her room nearly all
the time, but she has patiently borne
her illness and done all in her power to
assist those n1inistering to her needs.
A husband and three children sur
vive the wife and mother. They are
z. G. Simmons, Mrs. Arthur Towne,
of Chicago, Mrs. A. H. Lance and
z. G.. Simmons, Jr., of this city. The
relatives of the deceased have the
sympathy of the entire city in this,
common loss.