Barbara Simon

Barbara Simon, 89. formerly of Preston, died Palm Sunday at the Cambrian Assisted Living in Tecumseh, Mich.

Barb was born on November 15, 1928, to Park and Katherine (Leutz) Trowbridge in Monroe, Mich. She graduated from Ida High School in 1946. Barb married Mainord Simon in Ida, Mich., on May 17, 1947. They made their home in Dundee, Mich., while farming and running a Standard Oil business. All five of their children were born in Monroe, Mich.

Mainord and Barb bought a farm on the Ridge Road in Preston, Minn., and moved in 1971.

They farmed here until retirement in 1993. They spent their winters in Tavernier, Fla., on the Key Largo key from 1970 until Mainord passed in 1994.

Barb loved her family, traveling in the motorhome, and golfing with friends. She took pride in keeping a clean and tidy home, entertaining family and friends, playing cards, hunting morel mushrooms, and cooking good old fashioned farm meals every day.

Barb was loved and survived by children Arleen (Larry Odell) Spears, Galyn “Jug” (Diane) Simon, Peggy (Jerry) Panetta, Barb (Bobby) Scheich, and Nan (Flip) Huggenvik. She was also survived by her grandkids: Holly Sabo, Josh Simon, Gretchen Schwichtenberg, Amy Brown, Aaron Johnson, Angel Noworyta, Christopher Scheich, Nicki Hurley, Krista Reese, and Ryan Huggenvik. Barb also had 21 great-grandchildren.

She was proceeded in death by her husband Mainord, granddaughter Heather, and great-grandson Wyatt.

A family service is planned at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery – Preston, where her ashes will be interred with her husband, Mainord.