Mary Ellen Simms

Mary Ellen Rose Simms, 70, a resident of Bettendorf, died on Friday, October 3, 2003 at Meadow Lawn Nursing Center, Davenport.
Funeral services will be at 11:30 A.M. Tuesday, October 7, 2003 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Bettendorf. Burial will be in Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport. Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. Monday at McGinnis-Chambers Funeral Home, Bettendorf where a prayer service will be conducted at 7:00 P.M. Memorials made be made to the family.
She was born March 29, 1933 in Bettendorf, the daughter of Seferino & Tadea (Gomez) Arguello. She was united in marriage on August 25, 1967 to Oral Wayne Simms in Rock Island, IL.
Mary was a graduate of Our Lady of Lourdes School. She was employed at Devonshire and later at Economy Crescent Cleaners in Bettendorf where she retired after 30 years.
She was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and a past member of the VFW Post #9128 Women's Auxillary. In her earlier years she enjoyed dancing and going to country music concerts. Every year she looked forward to the Mississippi Valley Fair.
Those left to honor her memory include her husband, Oral; her daughter and son-in-law, Susan & Marc Brandt, of Eldridge, Iowa; her daughter, Malissa Simms of Bettendorf; her son and daughter-in-law, Robert J. & Diannia Simms of Bettendorf; her grandchildren, Hannah & Kraig; her sisters, Modesta Hayes, Mary Dahms & Tillie Miller, all of Bettendorf, Josephine Mendoza of Rock Island, Victoria Terronez of East Moline & Savina Navarez of Riverside, CA; her brother, Jesse Arguello of Madera, CA; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, her sister Stephinia Gutierrez and her brothers Frank & David Arguello.