General Information

Birth
17 OCT 1889
Mountainburg, Crawford County. Arkansas\
Death
29 FEB 1968
Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas
Burial
Conley Cemetery, Crawford County, Mt. Burg, Arkansas

Notes

Thomas (Tom) Simco, 78 years old, prominent merchant and farmer of Mountainburg, Arkansas, died Thursday, February 29, 1968 in a local hospital. Born October 17, 1889 at Mountainburg, Arkansas, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Simco and member of the Mountainburg Presbyterian church.

Survivors are his wife, Iva; five sons; a daughter, Alma; a sister, Allie and 13 grandchildren.

The body was taken to Presbyterian church at Mountainburg, Arkansas to lie in state for an hour before the funeral service which began at 2 p.m. Saturday. The pastor, William Vincent, was the officiating minister. Burial in Conley cemetery was directed by Ocker Funeral Home.

Information was contributed to Find A Grave by Tonia Holleman , who has been on a project of documenting and photographing headstones in Historical and abandoned cemeteries in Arkansas and Oklahoma. If you have any additional information or corrections you can contact Tonia at toniah904@aol.com.

Parents

Albert "Al" Simco
- Father
1861 - 1935
Birth
1 APR 1861
Crawford County, Arkansas
Death
14 JUL 1935
Burial
Basham Cemetery, Crawford County, AR
Violena "Lena" Sims
- Mother
1869 - 1948
Birth
FEB 1869
Death
17 DEC 1948
Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas

Spouse

Iva Pearl Peters
- Wife
1897 - 1982
Birth
18 SEP 1897
Married
APR 1914
Death
2 JUL 1982
Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas

Children

Thomas Frank Simco Jr.
- Son
1932 - 2015
Birth
29 SEP 1932
Mountainburg, Crawford County. Arkansas\
Death
20 AUG 2015
Arkansas
Burial
Conley Cemetery, Crawford County, Arkansas
Jack Douglas Simco
- Son
Birth
ABT 1923
Crawford County, Arkansas
James Hayden Simco
- Son
Birth
ABT 1922
Mountainburg, Crawford County. Arkansas\
David Mitchell "Pete" Simco
- Son
Birth
21 NOV 1925
Crawford County, Arkansas
Alma Lee Simco
- Daughter
1916 - 2008
Birth
19 JUN 1916
Arkansas
Death
28 JUL 2008
William Harold Simco
- Son
1919 - 1995
Birth
28 SEP 1919
Mountainburg, Crawford County. Arkansas\
Death
13 MAR 1995
Fayettevile, Washington County, Arkansas