Clifford D. Simbro

Clifford D. Simbro, 89, of Newton, died surrounded by the love of his family Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at the Skiff Medical Center in Newton.

Clifford’s funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 18 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. Pastor Chad Jennings of St. Luke United Methodist Church in Newton will conduct the service. The family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17 at the funeral home. A private family burial will be held at the Dunreath Cemetery in rural Monroe.

Memorials to the Emerson Hough Chapter of the Izaak Walton League or to the Jasper County Historical Society may be left at the funeral home. If you are mailing the memorial to the funeral home, please add, Attn: Simbro Family on the envelope.

Those left to honor Clifford’s memory are his children, Kalven (Beth) Simbro of Baxter, Joyce (Jerry) Kingery of Newton, Kris (Sandy) Simbro of Newton and Carroll (Jill) Simbro of Newton; nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; his sons he loved like his own, Stephen Smith of Baxter and Merle Smith (Roxanne Van Ersvelde) of Newton, along with Stephen’s two sons and four grandchildren; sister-in-law, Mary Simbro of Reasnor; and brother-in-law, Eldon Marshall of Monroe.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Pat in 2016; daughters-in-law, Shari Simbro and Janie Smith; brother, Bernard Simbro; and sister, Coral Lee Marshall. ​