{"id":2457512,"date":"2020-04-22T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=324707"},"modified":"2020-04-22T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T11:00:00","slug":"local-spotlight-virgil-simon-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/local-spotlight-virgil-simon-95\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Spotlight: Virgil Simon, 95"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Virgil Simon celebrates his 95th birthday in Snowmass Village with his great-granddaughter, Savannah Kallas.<\/strong>
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This month\u2019s Local Spotlight features Virgil Simon, a longtime Snowmass local and active community member.<\/p>\n

Two weekends ago, Simon celebrated his 95th birthday in-person with his wife, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and virtually with family from the Midwest. It was the same weekend the Snowmass Chapel hosted an Easter car parade that wound all around the village and visited Simon\u2019s home, which he considered a birthday gift and part of his celebration.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so great to have my great-granddaughter, granddaughter and wife with me,\u201d Simon said, noting his wife turns 95 in August and that they\u2019ve been together 76 years. \u201cIt was a wonderful time.\u201d<\/p>\n

An Iowa native, Simon has lived full-time in Snowmass with his wife, Joan, for roughly 25 years. The couple bought one of the first Blue Roof condos in 1967 and have spent most of their time in the village ever since.<\/p>\n

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