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ten years, from 1926 to 1926, he was President of the National Tool Company at Cleveland, Ohio, later retiring. 

On April 9, 1948, after a lingering illness, he died at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. He was buried April 8th in Arlington Cemetery with full military honors. He was survived by his wife and two daughters.

A true flying pioneer, Oliver G. Simmonds helped the very start of all military aviation in the United States. An Early Bird, his name appears on the Wright Memorial Plaque at Dayton.