1945-2024
Peggy Kay Simmer, 79, of Rock Island, Illinois, died Friday, July 19, 2024, at Silver Cross Pavilion at Friendship Manor. A funeral service will be 11 a.m. Friday, July 26, 2024, at St. James Lutheran Church, 3145 31st Avenue, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, July 25, 2024, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Cremation will take place following the funeral service. Memorials may be made in care of JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation).
Peggy was born in Jefferson on May 3, 1945, the daughter of Keith and Dorothy Schoonover Brutsche. She married Larry L. Simmer on Jan. 15, 1963, in Guthrie Center.
Peggy retired after years of clerical work for Herman’s Hosiery, Montgomery Elevator, John Deere and Company and Simmer Chiropractic.
She was an active member at St. James Lutheran Church, Rock Island. She enjoyed reading, hunting with family, attending as many of her grandchildren’s events as possible and gatherings with family and friends.
Those left to cherish her memory include her husband, Larry Simmer, Rock Island; sons, Rodney (Jill) Simmer and their children, Austin, Lauren, Rachel and Hannah, L. Scott (Jeanine) Simmer and their children, Jared (Kelcy), Kelan, Drew, Malerie, Sam and Seth and Todd (Angela) Simmer and their children, Seth and Cole; great-grandchildren, Ila, Kayden and Remi; and sister, Carol (Gerald) Schlieman, Granger.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Online condolences, memories and expressions of sympathy may be left for the family at wheelanpressly.com