Kristan Ann Simpson

Kristan Ann Simpson, age 66 of Hot Springs, Arkansas, passed away peacefully at home, from a thirty-month battle with brain cancer.

She was born on September 27, 1954, in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of William R. Keithler and Anna Marie Loy Keithler. On July 23, 1977, she married Jed Simpson. She is preceded in death by her parents.

Kristan graduated from Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Missouri. She worked at St. Louis Children’s Hospital as volunteer coordinator, worked as a legal assistant and para legal for RLF Law Firm, Wilmington, Delaware, for fifteen years, and also worked for Bancroft Law Firm and Carl Crow Law Firm in Hot Springs. She enjoyed riding motorcycles, going to motorcycle rallies, scuba diving, camping, traveling and boating on Lake Hamilton with friends. Kristan was an avid reader and runner. She will be greatly missed by all that knew and loved her.

She is survived by her husband of forty-three years, Jed Simpson of Hot Springs; her brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Mary Keithler of Denver, Colorado; her nephew and spouse, Austin and Athena Keithler of Centennial, Colorado; her niece and spouse, Kelsey and Odane Anderson of Centennial, Colorado; her cousins, Dana, Doug, Denise, and Deane; extended family members and friends.

Memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, June 5, 2021, in the Davis-Smith Funeral Home Chapel, Hot Springs.

The family would like to express a special thank you to Ms. Sammie Wright.

In lieu of flowers please make donations to St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Judes Hospital-Memphis, Tennessee or ASPCA.

Guest registry is at www.davis-smith.com.