Frances E. Simmons

FRAN WAS BORN MARCH 9, 1924 IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, THE ELDEST CHILD OF THE LATE RUDOLPH W. NASS AND ANNA (FLEMING) NASS. A NATIVE OF NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, MRS. SIMMONS WAS MARRIED TO THE LATE LCDR. ROBERT L. SIMMONS, USN RETIRED.

FRAN HAS LIVED IN SAN DIEGO FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS BUT SHE ALWAYS CALLED NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND HER HOME. SHE WAS A REALTOR FOR MANY YEARS. BEFORE MOVING BACK TO CALIFORNIA FRAN WORKED FOR THE NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND YACHT CLUB. HER LAST POSITION BEFORE RETIRING WAS WITH THE HEMET, CALIFORNIA, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. FRAN ENJOYED MUSIC, DANCING, BOWLING AND PLAYING BRIDGE; BUT HER GREATEST JOY IN LIFE WAS CARING FOR HER GRANDCHILDREN AND NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND BEING WITH FAMILY. WE WILL MISS HER DEARLY....WE HAVE THE LOVELY MEMORIES TO SUSTAIN US THROUGH THIS EMOTIONAL TIME AND SHE WILL BE FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SON, ROBERT L. SIMMONS, JR., GRANDCHILDREN MICHAEL SIMMONS, JENNIFER (SIMMONS) LEWIS, JULIE SIMMONS AND 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, MATTHEW, STEPHEN, AND ROBERT LEWIS ALL OF MESA AZ; BROTHER, ROBERT W NASS OF MIDDLETOWN RI; SISTER, BARBARA SULLIVAN OF SO. HADLEY MA; AND SISTER, MARIAN KUYKENDALL OF SAN DIEGO CA, LOVING NIECES AND NEPHEWS, BRENT KUYKENDALL, LAURA (KUYKENDALL) STOIA, KATHY (SULLIVAN) LABERNZ, KAREN (SULLIVAN) DEVINS, KAROL SULLIVAN, MICHAEL SULLIVAN, LARRY SULLIVAN, BRIAN SULLIVAN, BETH NASS, ROB NASS, SUSAN (NASS) CALHOUN, MICHELLE HOLMES, PAUL HOLMES AND ROGER HOLMES, GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS, JESSICA KUYKENDALL, JOHN J STOIA III, JULIA KUYKENDALL, PATRICK STOIA, ALLISON KUYKENDALL, KRISTINA STOIA , OLIVIA KUYKENDALL, WHO FRAN LOVED DEEPLY AND HELPED CARE FOR FROM THE TIME THEY WERE BORN.

DONATIONS MAY BE SENT TO THE NATIONAL ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION, IN LIEU OF FLOWERS.