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, TUESDAY, OCT. 17, 1922 



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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1922 



MISS KLIZABKTH R. SIMMOJVS 



She Was Native of Concord, Was Edn- 

 cated at Frank Sanborn's School, and 

 . Had TnUBht Latin at Several Private 

 Schools. 



Miss Elizabeth Ripley Simmons, who had 

 long made her home In Cambridge, died 

 this morning at the Charlesgate Hospital. 

 She was seventy-six years of age and was 

 the daughter of the late Rev. George F. 

 Simmons, who was a prominent Unitarian 

 divine of his time. Her mother was Mary 

 lOmer.-on (Ripley) Simmons, and her grand- 

 father on this side was Rev. Samuel Rip- 

 ley of Concord who owned the. Old Manse, 

 intimately identified with the literary 

 celebrities of that time. Miss Simmons 

 was educated at Frank Sanborn's sebool, 

 and had taught at aeveral of the prominent 



'private schools, notably Miss Howard's In, 

 Springfield, and Miss Ireland's in Boston, 

 at "both of which sho had specialized In 

 Latin. Up to a few years ago, when ill 

 health had competled a curtailment of 

 her activities, she had been a regular at- 

 tendant at the First Parish Church, Cam- 

 bridge. Her nearest survivor, is a brother, 

 Edward Simmons, a prominent artist of 

 New York city; and two nephews, George 

 Simmons of Philadelphia and William 

 Simmons of New York. 



