This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Simon, Myers, Rauch, Smith, Moser, Sprunger, Gifford Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4538/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Decatur Daily Democrat Adams County, Indiana Monday, Jan. 8, 1996 VICTOR A. SIMON Victor A. Simon, 85, Berne, died at 8:45 p.m. Saturday in Caylor-Nickel Medical Center, Bluffton, of heart failure after having been ill for two weeks. He was a lifetime Adams county resident, born on Feb. 2, 1910 to Arnold and Flora Myers-Simon. He married Emma Rauch on Aug. 12, 1933; she survives. He was a mechanic at Balsiger Motors in Berne for many years, then retired in 1990 after being self-employed as a mechanic. He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Berne and was a church trustee. Other survivors are a son, Larry Simon, Berne; a brother, William "Bill" Simon, rural Berne; a stepbrother, Gerald "Verlin" Smith, Monroeville; a stepsister, Mrs. Eugene (Mabeline) Moser, Bluffton; two grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. A brother, James Simon, and two sisters, Leola Sprunger and Martha Gifford are deceased. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Yager-Kirchhofer Funeral Home, Berne, with burial in MRE Cemetery, Berne. Visiting hours are 2-8 p.m. Tuesday and 8-10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Preferred memorials are to the church or to The Gideons International. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.