WILDER
— Dorsey Simpson, 80, Wilder, died yesterday in his home.
He was born May 25, 1881, in Ontario, Can. He came to
Wilder in 1907 and homesteaded with his father in 1910.
He was married to Mabel C. Slinker, Dec. 25, 1913, at Grand
Junction, Colo. They moved to town in the fall of 1960.
Mr. Simpson is survived by his wife,
Mabel, of Wilder; three sons, David, New Plymouth; Howard,
Caldwell, and Willard, Asotin, Wash.; two daughters, Mrs. Mary
Brown, Parma and Mrs. Norma Detweiler, Ontario; a brother, Joe
Simpson, in Canada; one sister, Mrs. Mary Osborn, Wilder; 18
grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the
Peckham-Dakan-Davis Chapel with the Rev. Robert Mordhorst and
the Rev. Charles E. Allen officiating. Interment will be in
Wilder. |