Helen SIMMONS

simmons Helen Marie (nee Baskin) On April 15, 2022. Helen was born in Conway, AR on March 1, 1925 to William Ernest Baskin, a carpenter, and Mary Pauline (Milam) Baskin, a homemaker and salesperson. During WWll she met Leonard B. Simmons of Phila. who was stationed in Conway for training. They married in 1944 and were together until his death in 2010. Leonard, together with his father, practiced at the Simmons Animal Hospital while Helen supervised the office and maintained the family home in Merion. It was a home filled with four children, extended family, many pets and many friends, who came to enjoy Helen's legendary cooking. Helen enjoyed travel, theater, the Culinary Arts, and most of all, her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She died peacefully surrounded by family. She was the wife of the late Leonard B. Simmons, VMD (z'l). Mother of Robert J. Simmons (Doreen Davis) (z'l), David A. Simmons (Jill Inverso), Rachel Kull (Stanley), and Dean S. Simmons (Silvia); grandmother of Emma Magnus (Courcy), Sarah Kull (Tyler Alfermann), Lily Kull (Jonathan Shamberg), and Samatha Simmons (Jason Besecker) and great grandmother of Liv Marie Magnus, Beatrix Alfermann and Bronson Magnus. Relatives and friends are invited to Funeral Services Tuesday 10 A.M. precisely GOLDSTEIN'S ROSENBERG'S RAPHAEL SACKS, 6410 N. Broad St., Phila. PA. Int. Roosevelt Memorial Park. The family will return to the Kull residence. There will be a Minyan at 7 P.M. Full vaccination is required and day of testing is preferred. Contributions in her memory may be made to a charity of the donor's choice. www.goldsteinsfuneral.com