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     Gerald was born on 25 December 1926 at Le Center, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA.² He was the son of Alphonse Gephardt Simonett and Mary (Mae) Agatha Terry. He married Kathleen Meurer. Gerald died 21 December 2000 at Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA, at age 73.² He was buried on 27 December 2000 in Section 6-C, Site 80 in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, South Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA.³

     Grace was born on 19 May 1993 at Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA.¹ She is the daughter of Michael Jay Simonett and Teresa Louise Martinka.

     Hadley was born on 3 April 1994 at Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA.¹ She is the daughter of Scott Edward Simonett and Heather Lea Albers.

     Henry died an unknown date . Henry was born circa 1877 at Minnesota, USA. He was the son of John Baptiste Simonett I and Marie Ursula Wolf.

     Henry died an unknown date . Henry was born in July 1884 at Minnesota, USA. He was the son of Aloysious (Louis or Lewis) Simonett and Rosa Martina Degonda.

     Irene was born circa 1904 at Minnesota, USA. She was the daughter of Ludwig Simonett and Anna (Unknown Surname).

     Jacqueline was born on 25 March 1981 at Blue Earth County, Minnesota, USA.¹ She is the daughter of Joseph Reid Simonett and Kathryn Jean Hunziker.

     James was born circa 1929 at Le Center, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA. He is the son of Alphonse Gephardt Simonett and Mary (Mae) Agatha Terry. He married Virginia Matie Conrad circa 1953 at Minnesota, USA.

     Jane was born on 22 April 1965 at Blue Earth County, Minnesota, USA.² She is the daughter of Stanley John Simonett and Joan Marie Reid. She married Lanny Dean Carey on 17 December 1999.³

     Jane was born on 27 February 1958 at Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA.¹ She is the daughter of Robert Alphonse Simonett and Marilyn Jeanne Pauley. She married Dennis John Flemming on 5 March 1978 at Blue Earth County, Minnesota, USA.²

     Jean was born circa 1929 at Minnesota, USA. She is the daughter of Clement A. Simonett and Bertha C. Brunner. She married George John Bauer circa 1950.

     Jeffry was born on 1 April 1964 at Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA.¹ He is the son of Thomas Edward Simonett and Charlotte Joan Ortenblad Burnos.

     Jenny was born on 1 December 1981. She is the daughter of Paul Joseph Simonett and Judy A. Utzinger.

     Joan was born on 7 February 1923 at Le Center, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA. She was the daughter of Alphonse Gephardt Simonett and Mary (Mae) Agatha Terry. She married Francis Edward Good. Joan died 24 June 2010 at Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, at age 87.²

     John was born on 5 June 1835 at Disentis, Switzerland.² He was the son of Joseph Michael Simonet and Maria Barla Catrina Decurtins. He married Marie Ursula Wolf on 10 August 1858.¹ John died 25 January 1901 at Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA, at age 65.² He was buried in January 1901 at in Calvary Cemetery, Le Center, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA.²
     John immigrated to USA in 1848.

     John was born on 20 June 1860 at Lexington, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA.² He was the son of John Baptiste Simonett I and Marie Ursula Wolf. He married Magdalena (Lena) Durrenberger on 22 July 1886 at Le Center, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA.¹ John died 25 April 1919 at Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA, at age 58.² He was buried in April 1919 at in Calvary Cemetery, Lexington, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA.²

     John was born on 12 July 1924 at Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, USA. He was the son of Edward John Simonett and Veronica M. Moudry. He married Doris Margaret Bogut on 3 October 1951 at Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, Hudson, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin, USA.² John died 28 July 2011 at in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA, at age 87. Obituary of John Edward Simonett

Died July 28, 2011 Age 87 Survived by Doris (nee Bogut), his wife of 59 years, and by five children: Two daughters, Mary Wegerson (Edward) and District Judge Martha Simonett (Gabriel Graur); and three sons, John J., Paul E. (Julie) and Luke C. A sixth child, daughter Anne (Hank Shea, now married to Chris Shea), was Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals and died in 1995. Justice Simonett is survived by eight grandchildren: Paul (Barbara) and Sarah Wegerson, Catherine and Joseph Simonett, Henry Shea, S.J. and Claire Simonett Shea, and Tate and Robert Preston, and a great-granddaughter, Madison Wegerson. Justice Simonett was born on July 12, 1924, at a Mankato hospital and grew up in nearby Le Center. He graduated from St. John's University (magna cum laude) in 1948, with time out for military service (November 1944 - September 1946), including time in the Philippines as a 1st Lt. Inf. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School (magna cum laude) in 1951. He practiced law for 29 years in Little Falls, Minnesota with Senator Gordon Rosenmeier. He was State Deputy of the Minnesota Knights of Columbus (1961-62) and a Charter Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He served as an Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1980-94), following which he joined the Greene Espel Law Firm until his retirement some 10 years later. Justice Simonett was noted for his legal writing, appellate opinions and good-natured wit. Memorial Mass on Saturday, August 6, 2011, 1:30 p.m. at Lumen Christi Catholic Church, 2055 Bohland Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55116. Visitation from 12 noon to 1:30 pm at the Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to Our Lady of Peace Home, 2076 St. Anthony Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55104 or charity of your choice. 612-825-2435. He was buried on 6 August 2011 at in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA.
     The following biography is from wikipedia.com:


John E. Simonett is a former associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and a retired attorney. He is famous for his wit, thoughtfulness, and humor, characteristics reflected both in his judicial opinions, and in his writings and speeches. In 2007, he was named one of the 100 most influential attorneys in Minnesota history. Of his six daughters and sons, two became judges, one serving as the fourth Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals from 1994 to 1995.

Background
John Simonett was born to Edward and Veronica Simonett on July 12, 1924 in Mankato, Minnesota, and was raised in nearby Le Center. He attended St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, but his studies were interrupted by World War II. After three years in the U.S. Army, he was ordered to the Philippines as an infantry lieutenant just as the war was coming to a close. Upon his discharge, he returned to St. John's, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1948. He entered the University of Minnesota Law School, where he graduated in 1951 after serving as the president of the Minnesota Law Review. He then entered private practice in Little Falls, Minnesota, with Gordon Rosenmeier. Rosenmeier was already a well-respected state senator and attorney, and Simonett soon became a well-respected trial attorney. He also became known as a colorful commentator on the law and culture, through articles such as "The Common Law of Morrison County" in 1963, which recited myths about legal rights and duties in small-town America. However, he also took on more serious and complex topics, writing an influential law review article in 1977 on the use of partial settlements of multi-defendant civil suits.[6] In 1980, when Little Falls native Walter Rogosheske retired from the Minnesota Supreme Court, Governor Al Quie appointed Simonett to fill the vacancy.

Associate Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court (1980-1994)
In over thirteen years on the bench, Justice Simonett wrote 423 opinions, 355 of them on behalf of a majority of the justices. "Simonett, a moderate, wrote decisions upholding the state's fetal homicide law, overturning lower welfare benefits for new state residents and, in one controversial case, allowing a lawyer to eliminate a potential juror based on religion." Looking back on Simonett's opinions at the time of his retirement, Robert Stein (then the dean of the University of Minnesota Law School) commented that his decisions cannot readily be classified as conservative. "Rather, they seem to be very thoughtful, well-researched expositions of how prior law would apply to the case before him." In Cohen v. Cowles Media Co., his opinion for the Court reversing (on First Amendment grounds) a jury verdict against a media company whose editorial staff broke a promise of confidentiality was reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

His Legacy
In Minnesota, judges are required to retire from active service before their 70th birthday. Upon Simonett's mandatory retirement from the Supreme Court in 1994, Governor Arne Carlson appointed Paul H. Anderson, then Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, to take Simonett's place, and chose one of Simonett's daughters, Hennepin County District Court Judge Anne V. Simonett, to succeed Anderson as Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals. Anne Simonett's service was cut short by a brain tumor that proved fatal the following year. Another of his daughters, Martha Simonett, was later appointed to fill a District Court vacancy in Dakota County, where she continues to serve.

The chapter of the American Inns of Court in the area of Central Minnesota in which he practiced law for 29 years has been named the John Simonett American Inn of Court.

After retiring from the bench, John Simonett practiced law in Minneapolis until 2007, and taught appellate practice at the University of Minnesota. He continues to reside in St. Paul with his wife Doris, the former Doris Margaret Bogut.

     John was born on 27 October 1953 at Morrison County, Minnesota, USA.² He is the son of John Edward Simonett and Doris Margaret Bogut.

     John was born on 20 October 1959 at Blue Earth County, Minnesota, USA.² He is the son of Stanley John Simonett and Joan Marie Reid. He married Leona Eileen Diersen on 20 May 1989 at Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA.³

     Jonathan was born on 18 November 1994 at Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA.¹ He is the son of David John Simonett and Kristi J. McGuire.

     Joseph was born on 31 October 1901 at Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA.¹ He was the son of Anthony M. Simonett and Katheryn Germscheid. Joseph died 19 August 1927 at Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA, at age 25.¹ He was buried in August 1927 at in St. Henry Cemetery, Sharon, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA.¹

     Joseph was born on 9 October 1991 at Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA.¹ He is the son of Paul Edward Simonett and Julie A. Wilken.

     Joseph was born on 3 April 1990 at Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA.¹ He is the son of John Michael Simonett and Leona Eileen Diersen.

     Joseph was born on 21 March 1990 at Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA.¹ He is the son of Michael Jay Simonett and Teresa Louise Martinka.

     Joseph was born on 26 October 1961 at Blue Earth County, Minnesota, USA.² He is the son of Stanley John Simonett and Joan Marie Reid. He married Kathryn Jean Hunziker on 23 August 1975 at Blue Earth County, Minnesota, USA.³

     Josephine died an unknown date . Josephine was born circa 1873 at Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA. She was the daughter of Aloysious (Louis or Lewis) Simonett and Rosa Martina Degonda.

     Kathryn was born circa 1917 at Minnesota, USA. She is the daughter of Anthony M. Simonett and Katheryn Germscheid.

     Kathryn was born on 13 July 1955 at Blue Earth County, Minnesota, USA.¹ She is the daughter of James Joseph Simonett and Virginia Matie Conrad. She married David L. Sweet on 24 June 1976 at Dakota County, Minnesota, USA.² She married Jeffrey T. Stonehouse on 1 May 1983 at Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA.²

     Katie was born on 10 June 1988 at Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA.¹ She is the daughter of Mark James Simonett and Suzanne Gayle Strange.

     Ladevina was born circa 1871 at Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA. She was the daughter of John Baptiste Simonett I and Marie Ursula Wolf.