- Date Of Birth: March 20, 1920
- Date Of Death: December 1, 2015
- State: New Mexico
Elisabeth Howe Simon, 95, died in her Faywood home Tuesday, December 1, 2015.
Margaret Elisabeth Howe was born March 20, 1920, to Mildred Powell Howe and Charles Preston Howe in Tarentum, Pa. Elisabeth received her bachelor’s degree from DePauw University and transferred to Penn State to work on her master’s where she met her future husband, Eugene Simon.
They were married June 1942. During their residency in Pennsylvania, Elisabeth wrote feature articles for the daily newspaper. Her prowess in gourmet cooking and entertaining was only surpassed by her deep interest in people. Elisabeth and her husband retired to New Mexico in the late 1970s and established a cattle ranch in Faywood. Elisabeth quickly set to work creating an oasis in the desert. Her knowledge and skill in horticulture were well known in Pennsylvania and New Mexico.
She had always enjoyed planting and studied the biota and soils of the Southwest to plan her gardens. She was also active in local garden clubs as well as the National Herb Society. Elisabeth was an avid reader of national and global affairs in addition to her work as a humanitarian and human rights activist. In the 1960s and ’70s, she was actively involved in the Civil Rights Movement and protests of the Vietnam War. In New Mexico, she continued her advocacy for human rights and world peace through her involvement with the Gila Friends Group (Quakers). She had an intense desire to help make the world a more peaceful place and advocated for global problem-solving as opposed to military efforts.
Elisabeth was preceded in death by her husband and two sisters.
She is survived by a daughter, Janie Bowser of Silver City; a son, Jeffrey Simon of Sarver, Pa.; two grandchildren; two great-grandsons; and six nieces and nephews and their chilext here.
