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Howard D. Simmering

Howard D. Simmering

FAIRMONT — Funeral service for Howard D. Simmering, 87, of Fairmont, Minn., will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wilbert, Minn. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Howard passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, Sept. 1, 2018, at Brookdale of Eagan. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Wednesday.

Lakeview Funeral Home in Fairmont is assisting the family with arrangements.

Howard Dietrich Simmering was born April 4, 1931, in Fairmont, Minn. He was the son of William and Adale (Laue) Simmering. Howard was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wilbert, where he also attended Parochial School. He later attended and graduated from Fairmont High School in 1949. After high school, Howard began farming with his dad in Rolling Green Township.

On Dec. 20, 1953, Howard was united in marriage to Marianne Quenette at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wilbert. This union was blessed with four daughters. The couple made their home and farmed south of Welcome in Manyaska Township. They enjoyed 20 years together before Marianne passed away in an auto accident.

On Jan. 26, 1985, Howard was united in marriage to Emma Nelson at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Ceylon. The couple made their home on the Simmering family farm until deciding to rent out the land in 1997.

Farming was Howard’s first joy and he hated to give it up. He continued to fix his old tractors and antiques as well as working for a number of years as a real estate agent for Century 21. Due to health issues, Howard and Emma moved to Fairmont in November 2007 and joined St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fairmont.

Howard was a very active member of Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Ceylon where he taught Sunday School, Bethel Bible series, and held many offices.

During his free time, Howard enjoyed playing golf and cards with friends and was a member of the Fox Lake Golf Club. He also earned his pilot’s license and found joy in flying his Piper Warrior plane. Howard most loved spending time with his grandchildren at the farm where they would ride and drive the H Tractor and do projects.

Howard is survived by his wife, Emma Simmering of Fairmont, Minn.; three daughters, Shelley Bauer and her husband, Jeff, of St. Charles, Ill., Nancee Meuser and her husband, Ron, of Eden Prairie, Minn., and Merilee Kozak and her husband, Joe, of Santa Ana, Calif.; Step-daughter, Kathleen Gruhlke and her husband, Doug, of Spirit Lake, Iowa; five grandchildren, Lindsey Rowland and her husband, Scott, Ashley Meuser, Kelsey Bauer, Claire Bauer, and Matthew Kozak and his fiancée, Katie; step-grandson, Scott Bauer; two great grandchildren; brothers, Jerald Simmering and his wife, Darlene, of Prior Lake, Minn., and Richard Simmering and his wife, Caroline, of Burnsville, Minn.; many nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends.

Along with his parents, William and Adale Simmering, Howard was preceded in death by his first wife, Marianne Simmering; a daughter in infancy; and step-son, Mark Vacek.

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