Remembering an old friend - Mortimer Simons , who taught chemistry at Woonsocket High School

[MORTIMER SIMONS CRANSTON - Mortimer Simons, 67, of 184 Laurens Ave., a chemistry teacher at Woonsocket High School for 20 years, retiring in 1991 , died July 3 in the Jane Brown Unit of Rhode Island Hospital. He was the husband of Anita (DeMarco) Simons. Born in Providence, a son of the late Simon and Pearl (Bernat) Simons, he moved to Cranston 20 years ago. He had been a chemical engineer for 20 years at area firms. He was a graduate of the University of Rhode Island. He was an officer in the MerchantMarines in World War II. Besides his wife he leaves two daughters, Stacy Simons , of Cranston and Nancy DeMarco of Burrillville; a sister, Stella Glassman of Pawtucket ;and a brother, Sylvan Simons of Greenwich, Conn. A graveside funeral service was held July 5 at Lincoln Park Cemetery, Post Road, Warwick. Services were coordinated by Mount Sinai Memorial Chapel, 825 Hope St.,Providence. LEE SOLOM ] 1 Comment Ron Ruggieri I finally located the obituary of an old friend,Mortimer Simons,who for a number of years employed me as a helper around his Bayview Ave. home in Cranston. Mort came from a Russian Jewish background and once decribed himself as " right wing Marxist " . We had many interesting conversations on politics USA and on the then still existing Soviet Union. In matters of religion he clearly shared the views of the British agnostic Bertrand Russell. One day in 1992 I learned from his wife Anita that Mort died of mesothelioma - probable connected with asbestos contact while serving in the Merchant Marine.