MR. JAMES CORLETT SIMKINS - Submitted by Kathie Marynik

James Simkins Rites in Carson

Graveside funeral rites were held at the Lone Mountain cemetery in Carson City early this week for James Simkins, 73, who was found dead in his camper at Pipe Springs near Manhattan last week. The services were under the direction of Logan-Carlson mortuary of Tonopah with the Rev. Dick Waddell officiating.

Simkins, a retired employee of the Pacific Telephone Co. of San Diego with whom he had served 32 years, had spent the past several summers camping in the Nevada hills. He was a decorated veteran of World War I.

Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Crosley of Sacramento and Mrs. Nola S. Reed of Salt Lake City; half sister and brother, Miss Marie Kopp of Salt Lake City and Frank Kopp in Honolulu; and a son, James C., Jr. with the armed forces in Germany.