16 - CAPE GAZETFE - Wednesday, December 27 - Thursday, December 28, 2006
Obituaries
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looked out on the golf course,
where the second tee sat about
200 feet away. He caddied until he
was 19 years old and later became
a member of the club.
He authored a history of the
Rehoboth BeaehCountry Club for
its 75th anniversary. The article
was published in the Cape Gazette
in August 2000 and recalls many
of Mr. Simpler's memories. His
best score on the club's original
course was in the 1930s when he
scored a 67, accomplished in part
by six consecutive birdies. His
best on the current golf course
was a 71, played in 1965.
He competed regularly in the
Delaware Amateur Open golf
tournament. He won club champi-
onship matches in 1954 and 1955.
Believing that golf was a walk-
ing sport, especially during tour-
naments, he never rode in a golf
cart in 28 years of tournament
play, except for a benefit for
Lewes Meals on Wheels.
In the anniversary article, Mr.
Simpler wrote that as he got older,
he stopped keeping score. "At age
80, I look on my golf as a way of
making a walk more interesting."
A Rehoboth native, he graduat-
ed from Rehoboth High School in
1938 and attended the University
of Delaware.
He served in the Army Signal
Corps in World War II and was
stationed at Hickam Field,
Hawaii, shortly after the attack on
Pearl Harbor. A self-employed
building contractor, Mr. Simpler
took great pride in his work. He
retired in 2000 at the age of 80.
He was the Rehoboth Beach
Country Club's longest active
member. Mr. Simpler also was a
member of the Peninsula Golf
Association, Epworth United
Methodist Church in Rehoboth
and the Rehoboth Historical
Society.
Survivors include his loving
wife of 48 years, Irene K.
Simpler; three nieces, Shirley
Dawson of Lewes, Donna Miller
of Wilmington, and Barbara Kay
Alexander of Petaluma, Calif.;
two nephews, Michael DeLoy, of
Milton, and George William
Maloney, of Alamo, Calif., and
several great-nieces and nephews.
A memorial ervice will be held
at 11 a.m., Friday, Dec. 29, at All
Saints' Episcopal Church, 8 Olive
Avenue, Rehoboth Beach. A
reception will follow at the
church.
Contributions can be sent to
Delaware State Golf Association
Scholarship Fund, 240 West Side
Dr., Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971.
Arrangements by Parsell
Funeral Homes & Crematorium,
Atkins-Lodge Chapel, 16961
Kings Highway, Lewes.
Mary V. 'GG' Ryan,
family matriarch
Mary V. "GG" (Duncan) Ryan
of Smyrna, 91, formerly of
Holloway Terrace, New Castle,
died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006, in
her daughter's home in Lewes.
Mrs. Ryan was born July 8,
1915, in Wilmington, daughter of
the late Francis and Frances
(Peoples) Duncan.
She was a talented homemaker
and greatly enjoyed crocheting
beautiful pieces to share with fam-
ily and friends. A loving mother
and grandmother, she delighted
more than anything in caring for
and spending time with her
beloved grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she
was preceded in death by her
beloved husband of 57 year s ,
Walter T. "Toby" Ryan Sr., in
1992; three brothers, Edward
Duncan, Joseph Duncan and
Francis Duncan; a sister,
Elizabeth Bums; a daughter-in-
law, Barbara Ryan; and a son-in-
law, Albert W. McCall Jr.
She is survived by four sons and
three daughters-in-law, Theodore
W. "Toby" Jr. and Shirley Ryan of
Townsend, Raymond F. "Reds"
Ryan, and James W. Sr. and Mary
Ann Ryan, all of Smyrna, and
Robert E. and Margaret Ryan of
Odessa; two daughters and a son-
in-law, Marianne V. and William
Taylor of Newark, and Sheila M.
McCall of Rehoboth Beach; two
sisters-in-law, Betty Duncan of
Gurnee, III., and Anna Mae
Rogers of Millsboro; 17 grand-
children; 29 great-grandchildren;
and four great-great-grandchil-
dren.
Services were held in Spicer-
Mullikin Funeral Home, New
Castle, with burial in Gracelawn
Memorial Park, New Castle.
The family suggests memorial
contributions to Delaware
Hospice, Southern Division,
20167 Office Circle, Georgetown,
DE 19947.
Melvin Donald Barrett,
retired state worker
Melvin Donald Barrett, 74, of
Georgetown died Thursday, Dec.
21, 2006, in the Milford Center•
Mr. Barrett was born in
Wilmington, son of the late
Melvin and Mary (Evans) Barrett.
He was a 1973 graduate of
Tennessee Temple University,
Chattanooga.
He worked for the state of
Delaware, State Service Center,
Georgetown. He retired in 1995 as
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