Carol A. Simpson

Carol Ann Simpson, 82, of Sioux City, died Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016, at a Sioux City hospital.

Abiding by family wishes, cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held at a later date with a private interment service to follow. Arrangements are under the direction of Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel.

Carol Ann (Younker) Simpson, daughter of Everett T. and Ruth E. (Hileman) Younker, was born on June 10, 1934, in Waterloo. As her father worked for ‘Ma Bell,’ she was raised and attended schools in Waterloo, Oelwein, Decorah, and graduated from Fonda High School. She and her sister Coralie moved to Sioux City in 1953, where she worked in the offices of Central High School and then Duke’s Radio Company, where she first met her husband, Donald. They were engaged Christmas, 1959, and married May 14, 1960, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sioux City.

After leaving Duke’s Radio Company, she babysat for a couple families in Sioux City. In 1973 she began volunteering her time in the Sioux City School System, and helped out in the library of Roosevelt Elementary School before being hired and working as a Library Aide at Emerson Elementary School. She remained at Emerson Elementary as “The Library Lady” until her retirement in 2011 after 30-plus years there.

Carol enjoyed cross-stitch and crocheting, making many, many afghans for relatives and friends families over the years. She and her husband often enjoyed walking the Skywalk of Sioux City, and along the riverfront. Perhaps most of all she enjoyed her time with the children and students of Roosevelt and Emerson Schools - her other “kids” - as “The Library Lady.” She also enjoyed traveling to Guttenberg when possible to vacation and spend time and holidays with family there.

Carol is survived by her husband, Donald of Sioux City; son, John (fiancé, Sandi) of Yankton, S.D.; sister and brother-in-law, Cathy and Jerry Handke of Guttenberg; nephew, Brian (Sherri) Handke of Linn Creek, Mo.; niece Julie Ann (Mike) Tuttle of Alpharetta, Ga.; and several other loving relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death her parents; brother-in-law and sister Laverne “Snooks” and Coralie (Younker) Heller; sister-in-law Mildred (Simpson) Buffington; daughter-in-law, Trixie (Kay) Simpson; and brother-in-law, Harold Simpson.