Robert Merrill "Cork" "Corky" Simmelink

1928 - 1996  (68 years)

• Name	Robert Merrill "Cork" "Corky" Simmelink
  Birth	12 Jan 1928	Kennewick, Benton, WA
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Mar 1996	Kennewick, Benton, WA
  Burial	Kennewick, Benton, WA
  	Robert Merrill "Cork" Simmelink BIRTH 12 Jan 1928 Benton County, Washington, USA DEATH 18 Mar 1996 (aged 68) Benton County, Washington, USA BURIAL Riverview Heights Cemetery Kennewick, Benton County, Washington, USA
  Person ID	I16486	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Merrill Simmelink,   b. 3 Aug 1892, Clymer, NY d. 14 Jul 1952, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, WA (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Ruth Odel Dickinson,   b. 25 May 1902, Tekoa, Whitman, WA d. 11 Jan 1988, Kennewick, Benton, WA (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F5553	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Audrey O'Neal
  Family ID	F5554	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Jan 1928 - Kennewick, Benton, WA Death - 18 Mar 1996 - Kennewick, Benton, WA Burial - - Kennewick, Benton, WA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Note: Cork's widow, Audrey is still living at this (see below) address and phone number. I called and spoke with her yesterday, on 15 Jan 2011 to obtain some information on the Pratt family as descendants of Mary Ellen Druliner. Audrey gave me several names including that of Joseph Carroll "Jim" Pratt. (David H. Drollinger 16 Jan 2011) Pharmacist for 40 years...6'7" tall...1961 Kennewick Man of the Year...active in many civic affairs...1958 set up the first polio clinic in the Tri-Cities...Husband of Audrey...death due to a brain tumor...REF: 'Kennewick 100 Years - They Made A Difference' Tri-City Herald, Tri-Cities (Kennewick) WA, 24 May 2004, Page B2. U.S. Phone and Address Directories Name: R M Cork Simmelink Spouse: Audrey Address: 3101 W Canal Dr City: Kennewick State: Washington Zip Code: 99336-2437 Phone Number: 509-783-6681 Residence Years: 1997 (Internet extraction provided by David H. Drollinger 16 Jan 2011)