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His smiling way and pleasant face Are a pleasure to recall He had a kindly word for each And died beloved by all Some day, we will meet him Some day, we know not when To clasp our hand in the better land NEVER to part again LOVE mom n dad, Rick n Lil Simmons n sister Darleen Simmons Brauen

It broke our hearts to lose you But you did not go alone A part of us went with you The day God took you home If tears could build a stairway, And heartaches make a lane, We'd walk our way to heaven And take you home again In life we loved you dearly, In death we love you still, In our hearts you ho...

This is from Bill's mom and dad Rick and Lil Simmons Bill, so unique,so loved, so very missed. Wishing today as we've wished before, that God could have spared you many years more. In our hearts your memory is kept, to love, to cherish and to never forget. Time may hide the sadness , like the smiles...

It's hard to believe that it will be 3 yrs tommorow that my dear brother passed away. As I said before what wonderful, wonderful friends Bill had. His friends still call mom and dad and visa versa. Mom and dad are still having a tough time with Billie gone, some days are better then others. I know t...

For those of you who knew my brother Bill when he was with the Lundstroms I thought I would let you know that Connie Lundstrom recently was taken to heaven after her illness. She will be with Bill right now. Connie talked to my mom almost every day and up to the last night before her leaving us Conn...

Its still hard to believe that my brother is not with us. I miss him so much and still find it extremely hard to look at his photo's or to read anything about him. I'm not sure the hurt will ever go away, my heart literally hurts when I think of him, which is many times through out the day. So many ...

To Bills friends, just a short note to thank you as so many of you have kept in touch with us Bill's family. Mom and Dad are touring Alabama visiting their or I should say our friends. I know that this is a probably very hard for them to do but yet a very happy time too. I believe this is another gr...

I haven't been on the Forum for a while only because I can't stop crying as I write about my wonderful, wonderful brother. To you Bill Cook and your lovely wife Cathy, I am too hurting so much. Bill loved you both and always talked about you. I will e-mail you privatley. Tomorrow is Fathers day and ...

I want to thank everyone for your continueous love and support you gave my mom dad and I as we went and still are going through this sorrow. I miss my brother so much there are no words to explain. I was able to get a hat that my brother wore the day he went into the hosptial and I still hold onto i...

Hi to all of Bill's friends, it's been over 9 months and we still hurt. Thanks for everything and all your prayers. Forever Bill's sister Darleen Simmons Brauen

I am so sorry to hear about your sister. I dont even know you at all but I read your message and my heart went out to you automatically as I just lost my brother. His name is Bill Simmons and he is on the Forum too, he was only 56 and he was my only sibling. I miss him so much. God Bless you as you ...

Hi everyone, thank you for your wonderful thoughts and prayers for mom and dad (Rick & Lil)and I. I miss my brother so much that somedays are still hard to bare. BUT Bill would have wanted us to continue on with life and that is what I am trying to do. I am so glad that mom and dad are so involv...

It's so hard to believe that it's been just over 6 months since my wonderful brother went to heaven. Mom, dad and I miss horribly, I can't explain the pain. I thank everyone who has responded since the news October 12th. So many of you keep in contact with us faithfully thank you so much. Love Bill'...

Iam truly touched by all the beautiful replies that I read on the Forum about my brother. I miss him so much that I can hardly make through some days and like today I go to pick up the phone to call him and he isnt there or want to make plans to fly out to see him and he's not there. But then I remi...

Thank you so much Jim and Bryan for your response I will pass this message onto mom and dad Forever Bill's sister Darleen Simmons Brauen

Here are some pictures of my brother, Bill Simmons I hope you enjoy them. Love and will always remain his sister Darleen Simmons Brauen PS Ihope the pictures come through ok.

Wednesday,July 22/09 was a special day as we celebrated our son's birthday. This first birthday without him with us physically but always, yes always with us in spirit. We will never forget his wonderful laughter & smile; his touch;the sound of his voice;his presence & the joy & pleasure...

July 24 2009 My parents Rick and Lil Simmons and my family rememered my brother Bill Simmons birthday which was July 22 and my mom's birthday which was on July 23rd. Bill was born 1 hour before my mom's. These were very emotional days, my mom missed her call from her son, but it was really precious ...

WOW, I am Bill Simmons sister from Cambridge Ontario Canada,I've been reading all the wonderful and touching e-mail's that you have all wrote about my brother. He was exactly like you described him even as we grew up. He was caring and loving and the BEST brother anyone could have. I miss him so muc...