Wayne Sommer

1928 - 2012  (84 years)

• Name	Wayne Sommer  [1, 2]
  Birth	25 Mar 1928	Foosland, Champaign Co., IL
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Farmer
  Religion	Mennonite
  Death	23 Jul 2012	Paxton, Ford Co., IL
  	Heartland Health Care
  Burial	27 Jul 2012	Fisher, Champaign Co., IL   [2]
  	East Bend Memorial Gardens
  Person ID	I13681	Schrock-Birkey Connection
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Nelson C. Sommer,   b. 9 Mar 1901   d. 17 Mar 1996 (Age 95 years)
  Mother	Ella Kauffmann,   b. 1904   d. 1970 (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F6911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joanne Reber
  Family ID	F9245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2012

  
  

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  Birth - 25 Mar 1928 - Foosland, Champaign Co., IL Death - 23 Jul 2012 - Paxton, Ford Co., IL Burial - 27 Jul 2012 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Obit: FOOSLAND — Wayne C. Sommer, 84, Foosland, died at 10 p.m. Monday (July 23, 2012) at Heartland Health Care, Paxton. His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at East Bend Mennonite Church, Fisher, with the Rev. Michael Dean officiating. Private burial will be in East Bend Memorial Gardens, Fisher. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the church. Lamb Funeral Home, Gibson City, is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to East Bend Mennonite Church, Goshen College or Gibson Area Hospital. Wayne was born March 25, 1928, in Foosland, a son of Nelson and Ella Kauffmann Sommer. He married Joanne Reber on Jan. 28, 1950, in Fisher. She survives in Foosland. Also surviving are two sons, Michael (Annette) Sommer, Foosland, and Brad (Kathy) Sommer, Fort Wayne, Ind.; four grandchildren, Kristin (James) Scott, Trent (Chrissy) Sommer, Sarah Sommer and Matthew Sommer; three great-grandchildren, Karynne Scott, Gabrielle Scott and Berlynn Sommer; two brothers, Willis Sommer, Gibson City, and Dean (Janice) Sommer, Foosland; and a sister, Maxine Collum, Alabaster, Ala. He was preceded in death by his parents. Wayne was a farmer all his life. He was an active member of East Bend Mennonite Church in Fisher. He enjoyed riding horses, giving sleigh rides, trail riding and providing carriage rides for weddings and parades.

  
  

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  [S11] Obituaries of Individuals, http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/obituaries/wayne-sommer/article_d6ddac0a-d5ea-11e1-9d3c-001a4bcf887a.html. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94166401/wayne-c.-sommer.