Nov. 30, 1928 – May 2, 2006
Bernice A. Simkins, 77, of Sweet Home, died May 2, 2006 at Twin Oaks Rehab Center.
She was born Nov. 30, 1928, in Ambrose, N.D., to George and Mary Ellen (Knox) Leininger.
She graduated from Westby High School in Montana. She was a Lutheran. She moved to Sweet Home from Brownsville in 1993.
She is survived by her husband, Robert Simkins of Sweet Home; sons, Michael, Jon and James Simkins; daughters, Valerie Stillwell, Teri Wood and Gail Ann Luther; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and two brothers and two sisters.
Workman & Steckly Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.