Edie Reeder Simmons

Edie Reeder Simmons, 59, of Baxter, died Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, at her home. Edie’s family will celebrate her life by greeting friends starting at 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17 at the Izaak Walton League, 889 W. Highway F36 in Newton. Memorials to Mercy Hospice – Newton maybe left at the celebration of life visitation or at the Wallace Family Funeral Home. If you are mailing the memorial to the funeral home, please add, Attn: Simmons Family on the envelope.

Those left to cherish Edie’s memory are her husband, Corky of Baxter; daughters, Heather (Jody) Wenzel of Dexter and Ashley Osborn of Urbandale; step son, Joe Simmons of Newton; step daughter, Robin (Brock) Hansen of Baxter; her 16 grandchildren; her great-granddaughter; sisters, Karen Crook of Newton, Cheryl (John) Houseman of Des Moines and Diane (Bill) Webster of Newton; and her many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents.