The Topeka Daily Capital Tuesday March 27, 1951 Robert E. Simpson. Robert E. SIMPSON, 68, formerly of 2723 Monroe, died March 22 in a Topeka hospital. He was born May 11, 1883, in Adrian, Mo., and was a stationary engineer. He is survived by two sons, Lester Simpson, Eugene, Ore., and Virgil R. Simpson, Kansas City, Mo., and a daughter, Miss Lucille Simpson, of Topeka.