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James A. Simson

  • November 3, 2011
  • Brattleboro, Vermont
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“I'm sorry for your loss. My condolences to you and your family. ~Laura from Bay Ridge United Church ”
1 of 7 | Posted by: Laura Paolucci - Brooklyn, NY

“My sympathies on the loss of your Dad. I knew him mostly through the stories my Mom and Grandma told. Some of the happiest times I remember my...Read More » ”
2 of 7 | Posted by: Sue Bramley Hawkins - FL

“Dear Simson cousins - I am sorry to hear of the passing of your dad. It sounds like he was a very vital man. I don't have any memory of meeting him...Read More » ”
3 of 7 | Posted by: Joan Weisenreder - Penfield, NY

“Jim Simson and family: I only meet Jim Sr. once but I felt like I knew him from you Jim and I want to let you know that you are in my thoughts and...Read More » ”
4 of 7 | Posted by: RICK JOHN - BRATTLEBORO, VT

“We are sorry to hear about the loss of your dad. We have lived across the street for a couple of years now and regret that we didn't get to know him...Read More » ”
5 of 7 | Posted by: Kathleen & Sue Dumas-Moore - VT

“To the Simson Family, I met your Dad in Sept. at the Senior Center, and we became Bridge partners. What a gracious, generous and charismatic...Read More » ”
6 of 7 | Posted by: Michelle Immler - VT

“Dear Jim, Sharon & Spenser, So very sorry to read today's paper with your father's obituary. We feel that a part of him is in this house because...Read More » ”
7 of 7 | Posted by: Deborah & Martin Leggott - VT


Brattleboro – James A. Simson died at his home in accordance with his wishes on November 3, 2011. He was attended by his sons, James M. Simson of Brattleboro and David F. Simson of Brooklyn, NY. The cause of death was complications from a broken hip, which he suffered in a fall from an electric scooter in August of this year. In addition to his sons, he is survived by two daughters, Cynthia Macalister of Hilton Head, SC and Martha Susan Cocks of Dover, MA; eight grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Jim was born and raised in Tonawanda, NY and began his college education at the University of Michigan in 1939. He ultimately graduated from Hofstra College which he attended under the GI Bill. He was widowed from his wife of sixty seven years, Dorothy Berge Simson who died last year. He was a CPA who pursued a career in public accounting in Freeport, NY with his father-in-law, Fred C. Berge, before relocating to the Brattleboro area forty years ago. He and his late wife, Dorothy, built and restored several homes in the Brattleboro area. James designed the homes and performed much of the construction. For many years he heated his homes with wood which he cut and split himself. Jim was a World War II veteran who flew a B17G in the Eighth Air Force from England. He flew thirty five missions over Germany and German-occupied Europe. He was an avid bridge player who played at the Brattleboro Senior Center in the last year of his life. Funeral arrangements are private.