KENNARD SIMMS

July 11, 1948 - July 20, 2015

Kennard Simms, 67, of Kankakee, IL, died Monday, July 20, 2015 at his home. A Memorial service will be held Friday, July 31, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. at Lax Mortuary. Reverend Robert Rucker will officiate. Cremation rites were accorded. Inurnment will be in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, IL. Kennard Simms was born July 11, 1948 in Chicago, IL to Obadiah and Eleanore Warren Simms. His grammar schooling was at Brown School and he graduated from Marshall High School, both in Chicago, IL. He later attended Kankakee Community College and Lincoln Tech. He enlisted in the United States Navy and served during the Vietnam era. He was employed by Momence Meat Packing and Gould Battery. He was united in marriage to the former Irene Corbett and he enjoyed reading and being charitable. He leaves to cherish his memory, his children, Lolitta Simms and Kennetta Simms, both of Kankakee, IL, Donald Sturn, Steven Bowden and Rosonia Trud, all of Chicago, IL; two brothers, Obadiah Simms Jr. of Kansas City, MO and Vincent Simms Sr. of Chicago, IL; four sisters, Pamela Simms of Atlanta, GA, Lolitta Coburn of Indianapolis, IN, Osie Smith and Lynn Wright, both of Kansas City, MO; several grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents.