Euphemia McEwan Graham Simon

Other names: 
She was known as Pearl.
Dates: 
27 Feb 1867- 8 Feb 1945

Euphemia Simon was born in Leuchars, the third of four children of Thomas Simon, coalminer, and Margaret McEwan.

She trained as a teacher in Edinburgh, then returned to Fife to teach. She worked in the VAD during the First World War. She became headmistress of Crossroads School, Methil, and lived in the Schoolhouse.

She was closely involved with Methilhill Church, and occasionally preached there as a lay preacher. She founded a Women's Guild, and an annual Old Folks Treat. In 1939, when Simon Crescent was named after her, she was described as working ceaselessly for the good of the community, and "acted as a sort of "fairy godmother" to the residents in Crossroads and Methilhill"

She died in 1945. Her obituary described her as a "prominent and highly esteemed personality for many years in educational, social and church affairs."

Sources
Has Had Street Named After Her
Evening Telegraph 4 April 1939, page 2.
Obituary
Fife Free Press & Kirkcaldy Guardian, 17 February 1945
Death certificate
1945 459/ 2/ 25