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Laura Irene Peck Sommers

Female 1918 - 1965  (47 years)


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  • Name Laura Irene Peck Sommers 
    Born 24 Aug 1918  Bunker Hill, Russell County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 14 Sep 1965  Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 18 Sep 1965  Bunker Hill Cemetery, Bunker Hill, Russell County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6396  Rossville
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2018 

    Father Clarence S Peck 
    Mother Laura Peck 
    Family ID F7346  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Donald A Sommers,   b. 21 May 1927, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1975, Hays, Ellis County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Married 30 Sep 1950  Tucumcari, Quay County, New Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Donna Kay Sommers Funk
     2. Michael Sommers
     3. Mitchell Sommers
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2019 01:21:40 
    Family ID F5816  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 Aug 1918 - Bunker Hill, Russell County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 14 Sep 1965 - Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Sommers, Laura 1
    Obituary- Sommers, Laura 1
    Laura Sommers
    DELIA -- Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Presbyterian Church here for Mrs. Laura Irene Sommers, 47, Delia, who died Tuesday at a Kansas City, Kan., hospital.

    She had scleroderma, a skin ailment, and suffered a stroke at the hospital about an hour before she died.

    She was born August 24, 1918, at Bunker Hill in Russell County, the daughter of Clarence and Laura Peck. She attended elementary and high schools in Bunker Hill and business college at Salina. She was employed by the Kansas State Corporation Commission in Topeka 26 years.


    Topeka Resident

    She lived in Topeka from 1950 to 1952. Later she lived in the Sandy Hook community southeast of St. Marys seven years before moving to a farm near Delia six years ago.

    She was married to Donald A. Sommers Sept. 30, 1950, at Tucumcari, N.M.

    Besides her husband, survivors include a daughter, Donna Kay Sommers, and two sons, Michael Sommers and Mitchel Sommers, all at home; her father, Clarence S. Peck, Bunker Hill; a sister, Mrs. Fern Whatley, Monroe, La.; and three brothers, Clarence W. Peck, Barberton, Ohio, and Ralph Peck and Wayne Peck, both of Bunker Hill.

    Burial at Bunker Hill

    Burial will be in Bunker Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Sommers will lie in state from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. Friday at Verschelden Funeral Home at St. Marys and from 8:30 a.m. Saturday until time of services at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Delia Presbyterian Church.
    Funeral card- Sommers, Laura 2
    Funeral card- Sommers, Laura 2
    In Memory Of
    Laura Irene Sommers
    Born: Aug. 24, 1918
    Died: Sept. 14, 1965

    Services 9:30 a.m. Saturday
    Delia Presbyterian Church

    Officiating
    The Rev. Donald Sears

    Vocalists: Mrs. Dora Ross, Mrs. Cecile Zlatnik
    Pianist: Mrs. Marguerite Williams

    Casket Bearers
    Charles Sharp, Joe Floersch, Phillip DeDonder, Robert Wright, Kenneth Kerwin, Benny Catron

    Interment
    Bunker Hill Cemetery

    A Verschelden Service