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Dr.
Samuel Dixon Simpson, 78, of Ola, died Wednesday evening, June
20, 1990, of natural causes.
In
accordance with his wishes there will be no general memorial
services.
Dr. Simpson was Born Dec. 14,
1911, at Houston, Texas. In 1925, at age a4, he moved
with his family to Caldwell, Idaho, where he attended Caldwell
High School. In 1929 he graduated and entered Idaho
State at Pocatello. He married Rosemary Beck June 19,
1933, after his graduation from the college with a degree in
pharmacy.
He attended the University of
Texas Medical School at the Galveston branch, and earned his
medical degree in 1939.
Returning to
southern Idaho, Dr. Simpson opened his practice at Parma in
1940. After the outbreak of World War II, he was
commissioned an officer in the Army Air Corps. During
1942 and 1943 he served as a flight surgeon in England.
He was discharged as a major. In 1945 Dr. Simpson and
family moved to Caldwell where he practiced medicine until
1973. He retired from his active practice in 1973, and
worked for the Health and Welfare Department of the state of
Idaho un 1987.
Rosemary Beck Simpson
died in 1983, as did his sister, Elizabeth Jamerson. Dad
married Elsie Mileger on Sept. 14, 1987, and moved to Ola.
Until his death, Dr. Simpson enjoyed reading everything he
could het his hands on. He had natural talents in music,
poetry, and sports.
A lifelong lover of
animals the family requests that memorial be made to Pet
Haven, Box 481, Nampa. |
