Submitted by: Dan Rich
Adam J. Simpkins
Oct. 5, 1990 - Aug. 14, 2002
South Bend Tribune 8/17/2002
WALKERTON - Adams J. Simpkins, 11, of
6052 E. 1000 South, Walkerton, Ind., passed away Wednesday,
August 14, 2002, at 2:25 p.m. in Memorial Hospital, South Bend,
Ind., after a lengthy illness. Adam was born October 5, 1990, in
Plymouth, Ind., to Jeffery and Brigitte (Harding) Simpkins
and lived in the area all of his life. He was a member of the
Plymouth Baptist Church, a student of Walkerton Elementary
School, and a former student at Oregon-Davis Elementary School.
Adam is survived by his parents, Jeff and Brigitte Simpkins;
three sisters, Ashley and Amber Simpkins of Walkerton, Ind., and
Tera Simpkins of Syracuse, Ind.; grandparents, Robert and Joyce Shei
of Hamlet, Ind. and Jim and Rose West of Culver, Ind., and
numbers relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Rannells Funeral Home, Hamlet Chapel, with Pastors Douglas Jividen and Steven Cunnington officiating. Burial will be in the Fletcher Cemetery, Hamlet. Friends may call Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. and Monday 9 a.m. until the time of services at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be given to Memorial Hospital Hematology and Oncology Unit, South Bend, IN.