August F. Simonson "Walter," age 71 of rural Kiel, died peacefully on Friday evening, May 4, 2018 at Sharon S. Richardson Hospice Center, Sheboygan Falls surrounded by his family.

Augie was born on May 19, 1946 in Milwaukee, son of the late August and Margaret (Fischer) Simonson Sr. He attended Cedarburg Public Schools. On September 12, 1980 he married Susan Kollmansberger in West Bend. Augie was employed by Allcast in Allenton for over 30 years, he then took a position with EST Company in Grafton, from which he retired from in 2009.
He had a love for the great outdoors. Augie enjoyed his time deer hunting with his friends Danny Deering and Steve Pocius, he also enjoyed gambling, especially his trips with Rory and Patty Hoffman. Augie's family and friends meant the most to him, he enjoyed every moment spent with them.
Augie is survived by his wife: Sue, their children: Danny (Jill) Simonson, Port Washington, Cindy Simonson, CA, Mike (Rebecca) Simonson, FL, Peggysue Fischer/Blevons, Kiel and Tanya Groh (Corey Blevons), Sheboygan; 8 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a brother and sister: Nancy Neuy and Randy Simonson. He is further survived by his brothers-in-law: Jerry Kollmansberger, Gilbert (Kittie) Kollmansberger, Dave (Joyce) Kollmansberger and Roger (Patricia) Kollmansberger, nieces, nephews, other relatives and many special friends.

He is preceded in death by his parents, son: Shane, brother: Robert, father-in-law and mother-in-law: Edwin and Cathy Kollmansberger, brother-in-law and sister-in-law: Richard Neuy and Shirley Gabinski.

Funeral Services will be held at 1:00PM on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at Meiselwitz-Vollstedt Funeral Home (815 6th Street), Kiel. The family will greet relatives and friends at the funeral home on Tuesday from 11:00AM until the time of service at 1:00PM. Per Augie's wished cremation will take place following the service.
In Lieu of flowers a memorial will be established in Augie's name.

The family wishes to thank Dr. Kumar and his staff at the Vince Lombardi Cancer Care Center as well as Sharon S. Richardson Hospice staff for all of the care and compassion shown to Augie and his family. The family would also like to thank Steve Pocius for all of the visits with Augie, and for supporting the family at their time of need.