Lois Parsons Stringfield Simone

October 3, 1920 - December 26, 2020

Lois Parsons Stringfield Simone, 100, of Salisbury, NC passed peacefully on Saturday, December 26, 2020. Born October 3, 1920 in Stamford, CT Lois was the daughter of the late Oliver Linwood Stringfield and Lois Wood Stringfield. Mrs. Simone was a high school graduate of Mars Hill College, class of 1938. She was also a graduate of Women’s College of North Carolina (UNCG), class of 1942. She interned at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1943 in Boston, Massachusetts. She was employed, postgraduate, in New York City hospitals. Mrs. Simone was a member of the Girl Scouts for 20 years. She volunteered for many years as Mayfest co-chairman. As a member of First Presbyterian Church, she volunteered in the soup kitchen, the Witness Committee and the Blessing Bunch. She also volunteered at the ARC and was active with the YMCA swimming program for special needs students for 30 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Peter John Simone, whom she married January 7, 1945 and by her sister, Emily S. Ott. Those left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Lynn S. Miller (Richard) of Salisbury, NC, LuAnn S. Davis of Waynesville, NC; son, Peter John Simone (Dee) of Rochester, NY; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Honoring Mrs. Simone’s wishes, she will be buried in Grandview Cemetery, Charlotte, Vermont. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Rowan Helping Ministries, PO Box 4026, Salisbury, NC 28145 or the Music ministry at First Presbyterian Church, 308 W. Fisher St., Salisbury, NC 28144. Summersett Funeral Home is serving the Simone family. Online condolences may be made at www.summersettfuneralhome.com.