A. Lucille Simmons

Funeral services for A. Lucille Simmons, 97, Lawrence, will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.Mrs. Simmons died Saturday, April 12, 2008, at her home.She was born Feb. 4, 1911, in the Belvoir community of northwestern Douglas County, the daughter of Horace and Maude Humphrey. She attended school in Belvoir.Mrs. Simmons worked at Independent Laundry & Dry Cleaners for six years and later worked for Hercules Inc. for 19 years. She retired from Lawrence Memorial Hospital in 1984 after 19 years as a nurse’s aide.She married Earl C. Simmons on Oct. 15, 1930, in Lawrence. He died April 20, 1977.Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Jean Wise, Lawrence; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.She was preceded in death by a daughter, Phyllis Simmons, in 1964.The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.Online condolences may be sent at www.rumsey-yost.com.