Simmons, Mary E.

Coventry, CT/Monson, MA - On Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Mary E. Simmons, loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, passed away at the age of 92.

Mary was born to Edna and Clarence O'Neill in New Bedford, Massachusetts. She graduated from St. Elizabeth's School of Nursing in Boston as a Registered Nurse in 1948. She married Robert B. Simmons on February 4, 1950 and together, they raised six children in Coventry, Connecticut.

She worked as a nurse in South Bend, Indiana, Manchester, CT and as a school nurse at Coventry Grammar School (after her children left the nest). Mary

enjoyed reading, sewing and attending plays. She was an active community volunteer, dedicating many of her hours to St. Maurice Church. She played golf as long as she could and took up bowling when she couldn't. Her husband Bob and she purchased a very charming cottage on a quiet lake in E. Haddam, Ct., which she continued to enjoy following his early death from cancer in 1986.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and her sisters, Anne and Kathleen. Her brother James just recently passed away..

She is survived by her six children and their spouses, Ann (Tom) Muzio, M. Ellen Simmons (Len Buckley), Joan Simmons (Davis Johnson), R. Steven (Ann) Simmons, Joyce (Ron) Marks and William Simmons (Jill Kruzinski)

and nine grandchildren; and by her brothers, Joseph, Paul and Brian, and several nieces and nephews.

We all miss her terribly.

Because of COVID-19, a service in celebration of her life has been postponed until this time. August 7th, 2021 at 11 am. Her memorial service will be held at St. Maurice Church, 32 Hebron Rd., Bolton, Ct. A lunch,

following the mass will be provided at the Manchester Country Club, 301 S. Main St., Manchester, Ct. Please let us know if you can join us for lunch. Contact 860559-2259 to leave message or text.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the American Cancer Society would be appreciated.

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