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Lola was born Aug. 17, 1899 at Genoa Bluffs in Iowa County, Iowa, the
daughter of John & Harriet Fuller Bean. She attended school in the
Ladora area and moved with her family to Des Moines & later returned to
the Ladora area. Her marriage to Lloyd R. Simmons took place August 25,
1919 at Montezuma, Iowa. They moved to their home at 399 E. Washington
in Marengo, Iowa, following their marriage.
She particularly enjoyed gardening, sewing, embroidery & traveling.
Lola was a charter member of the American Legion Auxiliary and a member
of First Presbyterian Church.
Lola died at Rose Haven nursing home in Marengo July 6, 1983 after
residing there since October 1979, when she suffered a broken hip
followed by a light stroke in August 1979. Interment was in the Marengo
cemetery. She was survived by her husband, one son (Robert), Marengo;
two daughters, Betty (Mrs. Dean) Wyant, Marengo, and Phyllis (Mrs.
Marion) Grant, Williamsburg, 14 grandchildren and 20
great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, one
grandson, Ronald Simmons, and two great-grandchildren, Todd & Jeffrey
Simmons.