Marceil Anna Simpson Obituary (1924

Marceil Anna Simpson, 92, from south of Hillsboro passed away on Friday, April 21, 2017. Services are pending. Marceil was born on November 7, 1924 in Waseca, MN. She was oldest of three children born to August and Virginia (Simpson) Billing. The family moved to Scholls, OR in 1934. Marceil attended Hillsboro High School graduating with the Class of 1943. Marceil met the love of her life, Frank, shortly after he was discharged from the Army Air Corps after the end of WWII. They were married on December 1, 1946 at the St. Peters Lutheran Church in Blooming, OR. They made their home on the family farm south of Hillsboro. Marceil was a very loving mother who enjoyed being a homemaker. She loved sewing, gardening, and cooking for her family. She especially loved baking. During her high school years she played the clarinet in the school band and marched in the Rose Parade. She loved music. Her introduction to the domestic arts started early. When she was eleven years old, her mother fell from a ladder and broke both wrists. Basic household tasks became her responsibility. She had to cook and clean, do laundry, and mending by following her mother's instructions. This is when she learned to bake; that included learning how to build just the right size and type of fire in the wood-burning kitchen stove. During her teenage years, she sewed most of her own clothes. She graduated high school during the war and did what many others did, taking a job in the shipyards. Her job was moving cables for the welding crew. Later she took a job that was more in line with her interests, working for Jantzen Knitting Mills. Using only fashion designer's sketches, her job was to create patterns and sewing samples for the models to wear. Because of this practice, she was not afraid to sew her own wedding dress. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Frank Simpson, sister, Charlotte Peterson, brother-in-law, Ernest Peterson. Marceil is survived by her children and their spouses, Leann and Dennis White of Cornelius, OR; Beverley and David Hess of Cornelius, OR; Franklin and Kimberly Simpson of Prineville, OR; Robert and Suzanne Simpson of Cornelius, OR; sister and brother-in-law, Norma and Selby Hanson of Federal Way, WA; and seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.