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Aaron H. &
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Haskell
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Haskell & Freda Simon Family
Moise Simon
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Graveside rites for Aaron Simon, uncle of the late M. O. Simon, who died Saturday in Bay City, will be held at 3:30 p. m. Sunday at B'nai Israel Cemetery here. Funeral services are to be held a 2 p. m. at Bay City. McCabe-Carruth Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements. Victoria Advocate, April 29, 1962
Death certificate information: Died at Methodist
Hospital in Houston after a ten month stay. He was born in Russia
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Funeral services for Mrs. Aaron H. "Sonia" Simon, 84, of Bay City were scheduled for 3 p. m. today at Taylor Brothers Funeral Home chapel with Rabbi Roy A. Walters officiating. Burial was scheduled for 5 p. m. today at B'nai Israel Cemetery, Victoria. Mrs. Simon was born July 21, 1903, in Poland and died March 21, 1988 at Matagorda General Hospital, Bay City. She was a member of B'nai Israel Temple, Victoria. Survivors include a daughter, Beatrice Simon Franzel of St. Louis, Mo.; a son, Haskell Simon of Bay City; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Pallbearers include Charles Slone, H. L. Briscoe, Frank Carrington, James Sowell, Jim Gann and Billy Mann. Honorary pallbearers include Carey Smith, A. S. Dierlam and D. J. Huebner. Arrangements are with Taylor Brothers Funeral Home, Bay City.
Daily Tribune, March, 1988 Simon Rites Scheduled Today Mrs. A. H. Simon of Bay City known for decades of volunteer service in Matagorda County, died early Monday at Matagorda General Hospital at age 85. The funeral is scheduled for 3 p. m. today at Taylor Brothers Funeral Home chapel, with interment to follow at 5 p. m. at B'nai Israel Cemetery in Victoria. Born in Poland in 1903 and educated to be a pharmacist, Mrs. Simon came to Bay City as a bride in 1928, following a two-year transatlantic courtship by Aaron Simon, Bay City merchant and farmer. Once their children, Beatrice and Haskell, reached school age, Mrs. Simon began a life of community service which ended only with her death. During World War II, she was a volunteer Red Cross stationwagon driver providing transportation between Bay City and Camp Hulen at Palacios. This activity required not only that she learn first aid techniques, but also how to drive under wartime "blackout" conditions. For her early contributions to the Bay City public schools, she was only the second Matagorda County person named Texas Life Member by the Parent-Teacher Association. The polio threat of the 1950s spurred Mrs. Simon to take an active part in the Mother's March on Polio. In 1957 and 1958, she served as countywide chairman, directing the successful efforts of hundreds of volunteers. A charter member of the Matagorda General Hospital Auxiliary (Pink Ladies), Mrs. Simon had contributed a record-setting 10,000 hours of service by 1987, for which she received an award last year. She remained active as a Pink Lady until her death. She also worked as a hostess in the family business, the Conspiracy Restaurant, until it closed in 1985. Mrs. Simon was a member of Temple B'nai Israel in Victoria. She was preceded in death by her husband, Aaron, in 1962. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Beatrice Simon Franzel, of St. Louis, Mo.; a son, Haskell Simon of Bay City; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Daily Tribune, March, 1988
Sonia Simon
Dear Editor:
Bay City lost a unique, muchly valued and beloved citizen last week with the demise of Sonia Simon.
My memory of her and her highly respected husband, Aaron, goes back to my early youth.
Words that surface to describe Sonia as well as Aaron are: good, kind, loving, caring, supportive, interested, sharing, industrious, intelligent, willing, self-sacrificing, friendly, strong in character, honest, and prudent and wise in business affairs, while generous with their time and means for the good and betterment of others—especially the young people.
I recall the period of time during World War II, when gasoline and tires were rationed, and aged automobiles, pickups, school buses, etc., were kept in service, for new ones were unavailable.
During that time, the BCISD school buses were not only old and worn, but were also inadequate in supply.
For out of town football games, once the buses were loaded with ball players and band students, there simply was no room for the band instruments, nor was there another school vehicle available to carry them. Enter the Simons.
Mr. Simon would assist the band director in loading all the instruments into the back of the Simon’s pickup, and then carefully tie his tarpaulin over the load for protection. He and Sonia, in their pickup using their rationed gasoline and treasured tires, would follow the last bus to the ball games. They did this for every out of town game, year in and year out. Nearly always the bus would break down, or have a flat tire, at least once along the way, and Mr. & Mrs. Simon would either help repair it (Sonia would hold the flashlight) or would drive ahead to a neighboring town for help and/or parts. My goodness! I wonder how many flat tires those good people helped to change. On rainy nights they donned their slickers and did what had to be done.
Sonia was always our spirit booster, making over us students, praising our performances and always stroking our character and self-esteem. She was the first person the student would see when he stepped off the bus and the last to see when he boarded the bus.
With the Simons’ total lack of self aggrandizement, vanity, selfishness or hedonistic ways, their caring and sharing, as well as their pride in the schools and community were evident.
I have mentioned only one of their many, many generosities. Time and space prohibit further acknowledgements.
Let it suffice to say that Aaron and Sonia Simon left an indelible print on our community, as well as in the lives of those of us who knew them and loved them.
We have missed Aaron, and now we will miss Sonia, but we will never forget them.
We who remain, are the better because of them.
Anna Sue Thompson
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From Monday's Daily: Quite a number of Bay City people went over to Houston yesterday to attend the funeral of Mr. Haskell Simon who died at his home in this city Saturday morning. This good man, who died in the prime of his life and at the very peak of his usefulness, was held in the highest of esteem by everybody in Bay City, regardless of race, color or creed. He was clean, scrupulously honest, well educated, unusually public-spirited and keeping alive to every advancement of the city. He was high-minded, well versed on the topics of the day, and regarded by all as one of foremost of the town's most progressive men. The out-pouring of people, the tokens of friendship and esteem they bestowed upon his memory and the kindness, consideration and assistance given the family by all, manifested, in no small way, he love, respect, and admiration that has been his during his twenty years of association with the people and pleasant contact with the affairs of the city. In the midst of sorrowing friends and grief-stricken relatives all that remained mortal of him was laid to eternal rest in the Jewish cemetery in Houston yesterday.
Newspaper and date not recorded Haskell Simon, 42, Buried In Houston Sunday Afternoon
Haskell Simon, 42, senior member of the
Simon-Cohn Company, chain dry goods firm, with stores at Bay City,
Alice and Corpus Christi and also interested in the Chevrolet
Company at Bay City and extensive farm and ranch properties in
Matagorda County, whose death from flu-pneumonia occurred at his
home in Bay City Saturday morning, was buried in the Jewish Cemetery
at Houston Sunday afternoon. Victoria Advocate, January 14, 1929
[Married Freda Schwartz July 1, 1915 in Bay City,
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SIMON, Mrs. Freda, 75, of Bay City died Tuesday in Columbus, Tex. Funeral services set at 10:30 a. m. Thursday at the Taylor Brothers Funeral Chapel. Burial will be at 3 p. m. Thursday in the Beth Israel Cemetery Houston. Survivors include one son Moise H. Simon of Bay City. Memorials are requested to be sent to the Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Houston. Pallbearers will be Wade Ashcraft, A. J. Tatum, Morris Dombrow, Ashley Etie. L. G. Schwartz, Glenn White, Sidney Schwartz and Sidney Denn. Honorary pallbearers will be H. N. Schwartz, E. L. McDonald, G. P. Hardy, Pete Kogutt, George Wainner and Louis Machewich
Daily Tribune, April 17, 1968 |
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Funeral services for Moise H. Simon, 60, of Bay City were scheduled for 10:30 a. m. today at Taylor Brothers Funeral Home chapel with Rabbi Ted Sanders officiating. Burial was scheduled for 3 p. m. today at Beth Israel Cemetery, Houston. Mr. Simon was born Sept. 11, 1925, in Bay City to Haskell and Freda Schwartz Simon and died at 11:10 p. m. Sept. 6, 1986, at Matagorda General Hospital. He was an active trial lawyer for 32 years, having founded his law practice in Bay City in 1951. He took his prelaw preparatory education at the University of Texas and received his legal education at South Texas College of Law, receiving a doctor of jurisprudence degree in 1950. Mr. Simons also served on the Bay City City Council from 1969 - 1979 and was Mayor Pro-Tem from 1976 - 1979. He was a member of Shearith Israel Congregation, Wharton and Temple Beth Israel of Houston. He served with the U. S. Navy during World War II. Survivors include two sons, Jerome Leslie Simon Bay City and Darryl Stephen Simon of Houston. Pallbearers include Sidney Schwartz, Sidney Denn, Tom Dickinson, Jarrel Evans, Vernon Leissner, Haskell Simon, Eddie Cisneros and Mark Heberer. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Barbara Faye Simon. Arrangements are with Taylor Brothers Funeral Home.
Daily Tribune, September, 1986 |
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Barbara Faye Simon, 20, passed away Saturday. Graduate of Memorial High School. Survivors: mother, Evelyn Simon of Houston; father, Moise Simon of Bay City; brothers, Jerome and Darryl Simon; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs Maurice Jacobs all of Houston. Memorial service 11:30 a. m. Sunday. Levy Funeral Chapel with Rabbi Robert Loewy officiating. Family prefers donation to a favorite charity. Levy Funeral Directors, 1402 Cleburne at Austin, 529-6179. Newspaper and date not recorded
Born February 6, 1959 in Houston, Harris County
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