Marci Simmons

Marci was born to Michael and Linda Schab, Aug. 20, 1971, in Anaheim, Calif., and passed away at home May 1, 2016, after a long struggle with colon cancer.
She moved moved to Walla Walla when she was 2 years old and attended local schools and graduated from DeSales High School in 1989. She grew up riding and showing horses, so it was not surprising when she became a princess on the 1989 Southeast Washington Frontier Days Fair Court, where she met lifelong friends. Marci attended two years at Eastern Washington University working toward her dental hygiene degree. She worked for several dentist’s in Seattle and San Francisco before moving to the Tri-Cities in 2004 to complete her degree. Upon completing her schooling she worked as a dental hygienist for Dr. William Murdoch and Dr. Nannette Goyer in Walla Walla. She loved her work and her patients.
Another love was camping with family and attending family reunions. In 2014, Marci married Jeff Simmons of Walla Walla.
She is survived by her husband at home; two sons, Zakary and Gavin; her parents, Michael and Linda Schab of Walla Walla; one sister, Lisa Schab of Kirkland, Wash.; three aunts, Catherine Francis of Tacoma, Terry Helmka-Koenig of Alger, Wash., and Dorothy Wood of Milton-Freewater; one uncle, David March of Walla Walla; and many cousins. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Clarence and Elva Schab
and Leo March and Helen Scudder, and uncle, Jerry Schab, all of Walla Walla.
A private inurnment of her ashes will be held at the Rose Garden section of Mountain View Cemetery on May 13. A celebration of life will be held May 14, at 4 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Parish Hall. Donations may be made to a memorial fund in Marci’s name through
Herring Groseclose Funeral Home, 315 W. Alder, Walla Walla, WA 99362