Eugenie Simons, 91

Nikiski, Alaska, resident Eugenie M. Simons, 91, passed away Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, at Heritage Place in Soldotna, Alaska.

No services are planned at this time.

Eugenie was born Jan. 18, 1925, in Los Angeles, Calif., and graduated from high school in San Bernardino, Calif. She was a homemaker and moved to Nikiski in 2009 and to Heritage Place four years ago.

Eugenie was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was an avid reader, talented seamstress, organizer and planner.

Her family wrote, “She was proud of her Icelandic heritage and family who settled in Gimli, Manitoba, Canada, in 1872. At 16, she lived through the bombing of Pearl Harbor at Hicken Field. She had a great love for her husband, Clyde. Her last four years were spent surrounded by the best loving and caring staff in the country at Heritage Place. Thank you for all of your good care. Mom went very peacefully with her family and Heritage Place family all around her.”

Eugenie was preceded in death by her parents, James and Clara Rowe; brother James Rowe; daughter Petie E. Payton and husband Louis Clyde Simons Sr.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Penny and Philip Smith of Nikiski; son Louis Clyde Simons Jr. of Las Vegas, Nev.; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Arrangements were by Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai.