He was the husband of 1st wife Kathleen Simmons; 2nd wife Lessie Shaw. Death/burial information is unknown for Kathleen at this time; Lessie was born on 16 November 1898 in South Carolina, and died during April 1976 in New Britain, Hartford, CT. Her burial location is unknown at this time.
Obituary for Orlando Simmons appearing in the Afro American, “Deaths, 3 July 1937,” page 23:
“New Haven, Conn. – Funeral services were held at Beulah Heights First Pentecostal Church for Orlando Simmons, husband of Mrs. Tessie Simmons, of Giles Avenue, North Haven, and brother of Charles Simmons, 3 Winter, who died June 22. Interment was in Hamden Plains Cemetery.”
He was the husband of 1st wife Kathleen Simmons; 2nd wife Lessie Shaw. Death/burial information is unknown for Kathleen at this time; Lessie was born on 16 November 1898 in South Carolina, and died during April 1976 in New Britain, Hartford, CT. Her burial location is unknown at this time.
Obituary for Orlando Simmons appearing in the Afro American, “Deaths, 3 July 1937,” page 23:
“New Haven, Conn. – Funeral services were held at Beulah Heights First Pentecostal Church for Orlando Simmons, husband of Mrs. Tessie Simmons, of Giles Avenue, North Haven, and brother of Charles Simmons, 3 Winter, who died June 22. Interment was in Hamden Plains Cemetery.”
Inscription
World War Co.D, 431st Res Labor Grp
Died June 23, 1937 age 40
Gravesite Details
age 36 yrs 11 mos 28 days, according to the burial book. The 1900 Federal Census shows his date of birth as June 1895.
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