Got a Weird one- Bronze Cemetery Grave Marker- New in the Box - Page 2

Found his burial Info:



Web: BillionGraves.com Burial Index about Philip H. Simmons
Name: Philip H. Simmons
Birth Date: 1924
Age at Death: 68
Death Date: 1992
Cemetery: Silon Cemetery
Burial Place: Camby, Morgan, Indiana, United States

Wife was Ruby Lee Phillips Simmons, she passed away in 2000.
still looking for more info.

Survivors: children Beverly Meyers, Jim Rodgers, Kevin Simmons

Originally Posted by brandon

Survivors: children Beverly Meyers, Jim Rodgers, Kevin Simmons

Does the Survivors info give the city/state of residence??
THANK YOU for this!
This forum and the people on it kick arse!

I wish that info was available, finding information on living persons is hard to do, those searches are usually ones you have to pay for.
The info I was able to find came from ancestry.com which I do have a membership to, so I could do my family tree.
I will continue to look thou.

the newspaper obits might show that info. Also, many communities have geneology clubs/libraries/collections/associations. I did a pick-up at one and was so interested in all the historical photos, old maps, and documents they had, I was looking around there for 30 minutes before I even told em who I was ; )

It looks like Kevin is the only child of Philip, the other two children were from Ruby's previous marriage, he may possibly live in Grand Terrace California.

Originally Posted by mrbillbus

I get so sick of hearing stories of tweakers stealing copper and the news calling them scrappers. It makes me sick when I see grave markers at the scrap yard (my yard reports them and sets them aside for the police so they are returned). It makes me mad that there are people who have no scruples about stealing honor from the dead.

So here is a good story of a scrapper who sees that the item in front of him has a value beyond its metal content. Couldn't keep it to myself. I sent an email to the editor of the life/community section of the Indy Star newspaper. I included a link to this thread. I am hoping that it will spark some interest and maybe even some help in making sure this marker ends up at the grave of its rightful owner.

I hope that others here will do the same. Sledge is doing the right thing and people need to know about it.

Bill

That is mighty kind of you Bill. I'm hoping this adventure ends with a happy tale of one of the siblings who has rights too it, ends up with it. At worst, I may just go visit the cemetery myself and inquire if he has a marker. Camby Indiana is only about a 35 minute drive for me. Since I was able to track which cemetery he is in, it shouldn't be too hard in a smallish town to find his final resting place and see if a marker is in place as it rightly should!

I have something to add to the soup.
I spoke with the Office Manager at the Duplex I am working at and obtained it from. Kevin Simmons was the resident who would have left it. So now I am going to try and track down Beverly Meyers or Jim Rodgers.
Really hoping I will be able to find one of the two since his wife has also passed.

From what I have been able to find on ancestry.com, Jim passed away in 2006.

Originally Posted by brandon

From what I have been able to find on ancestry.com, Jim passed away in 2006.

So I would be down to Beverly. The office manager did a quick search online and found a woman with that name Age 47. Which would fit if say he had children early in life 18-20ish. It listed a woman by that name in 3 different places.. all 47.. so it may be the same woman who has lived in 3 different cities/towns in Indiana.
Thank you for that nugget of info Brandon!!

Since I was able to track which cemetery he is in, it shouldn't be too hard in a smallish town to find his final resting place and see if a marker is in place as it rightly should!

If the cemetery has an office they will be able to tell you where it (the plot) is located. Might be that the heir was just too lazy to put it on the grave, hope that's not the case tho.

Originally Posted by Bear

Age 47 now was born around 1965, and in 65 he would of been early 40s (still not impossible though ; )

Well someone had noted that she (Beverly Meyers) was from Philip's wife's 1st marriage.. So I'm not sure. Not having luck thus far.. but still hunting for a Beverly Meyers possibly still in Indiana? Crossing Fingers.

Ok still putting in work on this. I can't believe this was found online- but here is a picture of the Simmons Family Headstone. Must be an old picture as his wife's date of passing is not on the stone. But I see No MARKER in this picture!

Originally Posted by sledge42

Ok still putting in work on this. I can't believe this was found online- but here is a picture of the Simmons Family Headstone. Must be an old picture as his wife's date of passing is not on the stone. But I see No MARKER in this picture!

The one you have usually is the first thing put out till the head stone shows up. Not too many have both,

Also Found a Map of the Cemetery. Feel like I'm making some progress!