March 11, 1952 - August 19, 2025 (age 73)

Patricia (Patti) Howe Simpson, 73, longtime Downey resident, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, August 19, 2025. Patti was born on March 11, 1952 in Ft. Monroe, Virgina, the daughter of Wallace Abbott Howe and Audrey Bringle Howe. She was the 3rd of 4 children born to her parents. She was raised and educated in Rancho Cordova, California, graduating from Cordova High School in 1970. She then spent some time taking classes at American River College in Sacramento, California. She spent a summer after High School working at Aerojet in California and loved that experience.

She met and married the love of her life, Steve Simpson, in Oakland, California on June 10, 1972. They eventually settled in Downey, Idaho to raise their 5 children. Being a

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