Helen Irvine Blincoe and Robert Sidney Simpson

ROBERT SIDNEY SIMPSON was born April 6, 1923 in Tribune, Greeley, Kansas,⁹⁰⁵² and died December 2, 2008.⁹⁰⁵²

He married HELEN IRVINE BLINCOE on October 21, 1945 in Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas,⁹⁰⁵² daughter of FRANCES BELLE IRVINE and ERNEST EDWARD BLINCOE. She was born July 18, 1922 in Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas,⁹⁷¹³ and died November 8, 2009 in Chula Vista, San Diego, California.⁹⁷¹³

Robert S. Simpson

• was a US Army Veteran of World War II; served in Europe with the 13th Tank Division⁹⁰⁵²
• worked for North American Rockwell⁹⁰⁵²

Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2008⁹⁰⁵²

SIMPSON, Robert S.

Died suddenly Dec. 2, 2008. He was born April 6, 1923 in Tribune, Kansas, where he grew up. After attending Kansas University he joined the U.S. Army in summer 1943. He served in Europe with the 13th Tank Division during WWII. He married Helen I. Blincoe on Oct. 21, 1945 in Fort Scott, KS. They spent most of their life together in Los Angeles, Calif. After retiring from North American Rockwell he and Helen spent many years traveling and enjoying their family. He is survived by the love of his live, Helen; their children- Richard Simpson, Virginia Simpson Hildebrand, Elizabeth Simpson Kuropat, and Tomas Simpson. He is also survived by his brother, Dale Simpson who lives in Tribune, KS. They have four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family also includes many nieces, nephews, and in-laws.

Memorial service will be on Monday December 8, 2008 at 12 noon - First United Methodist Church of San Gabriel, 201 N. San Gabriel Blvd, San Gabriel, CA 91775 with reception following.

Memorial donations can be sent to the First Methodist Church for the Choir and music program that he so dearly loved.

Blencowe Family Association Newsletter¹⁰³⁶⁸

Helen Irvine Blincoe Simpson 1922-2009

Helen Simpson passed away November 8, 2009, in Chula Vista, CA. She had been seriously ill for several months. Helen was born in Fort Scott, Kansas on July 18, 1922, the daughter of Ernest Edward and Frances Irvine Blincoe. Her husband of 63 years, Robert Sidney Simpson died a year ago.

Helen and her brother, Edward Irvine Blincoe, deserve special recognition by our Blencowe Families Association, as they were early pioneers in our family genealogy and in the establishing of our Association. Helen and Edward did much early genealogy research, started the Blencowe Newsletter in 1986, and organized our early reunions.

Our Newsletter was composed in and mailed from Helen's home in San Gabriel, CA for many years. Those two, Helen Simpson and Edward Blincoe, caused our separate family research projects to come together into the international organization and data bank that it has become. Our sincere thanks to Helen and Edward!

Helen is survived by 4 children, Richard Dale Simpson, Virginia Lea Hildebrand, Elizabeth Ann Kuropat, and Thomas Edward Simpson, by 4 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren as well as 3 siblings, Elizabeth Blincoe Flournoy, Edward Irvine Blincoe, and Robert Melville Blincoe.