Nova Leona Simmons

1908 - 2003  (95 years)

• Name	Nova Leona Simmons
  Birth	7 Mar 1908	Imnaha, Wallowa County, Oregon
  Gender	Female
  Death	1 Oct 2003	Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon
  Person ID	I18035	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Jasper Milton Simmons,   b. 22 Jan 1863, Pierce City, Lawrence County, Missouri d. 27 May 1950, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Amy Viola Barnes,   b. 30 Sep 1884, Elgin, Union County, Oregon d. 7 Sep 1957, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	7 Nov 1906	Imnaha, Wallowa County, Oregon
  Family ID	F6888	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John R. McClintic,   b. 13 May 1898, Iowa d. 20 Jul 1965, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	1930
  Children	1. Roger Milton McClintic
  Family ID	F6886	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Nova Simmons-McClintic COTTAGE GROVE - The funeral will be held Oct. 4 for NovaLeonaSimmons-McClintic of Cottage Grove, who died Oct. 1 ofage-relatedcauses. She was 95. Simmons-McClintic was born March 7, 1908, in Imnaha to Jasper andAmyBarnes Simmons. She married John McClintic in 1930. He died in1965. She and her brothers and sisters worked on the family homestead,wherethey grew apricots and tomatoes. Chief Joseph's tribe would passby theirhome in the spring and fall, and her parents bought moccasinsfrom themfor their daughters. Her family lived in Mount Angel for a year before settling in Eugenein1920. She finished grade school but her parents could not afford tobuybooks for her to attend high school. She worked in the hop fields as a check girl and later in thebeanfields, eventually becoming a yard boss. She served as a Cub Scout leader. She wintered in Arizona for 20yearsand her interests included going to the desert and collectingrocks. Sheenjoyed camping, fishing and hunting. She also enjoyedtaking walks andwalked a mile every day until she was 94. She will beremembered forsaying that walking was good for the soul, plus younever knew what youwere going to see. Survivors include a son, Roger McClintic of Cottage Grove; a brother,BobSimmons of Alaska; two sisters, Vivian Harper of Alabama and VioletAdamsof Albany; three grandchildren; and five great- grandchildren. Saturday's service will be held at 2 p.m. at Lane Memorial Gardens&Funeral Home in Eugene. Burial will be at Lane Memorial Gardens.