Josephine Simons Wade , a longtime resident of Washington, DC and a teacher and counselor in the DC Public Schools for more than 30 years, is the beloved mother of Phyllis Wade Albro; grandmother of Philip Logan and Erica (Christopher) Brown; and great grandmother of three.  She is also survived by a sister, Phyllis T. Ferguson and three brothers, William H. Simons, Kemble T. Simons and Mills M. Simons.