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Joseph C. Sommer b. 9 Dec 1871 Pagny-sur-Meuse, Meuse, FR d. 23 Sep 1956 Gibson City, Ford Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

1871 - 1956 (84 years)

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Name	Joseph C. Sommer [1, 2]
Birth	9 Dec 1871	Pagny-sur-Meuse, Meuse, FR
Gender	Male
Immigration	1891
	at 19 years old
Religion	Mennonite Church in France, then in the US
Death	23 Sep 1956	Gibson City, Ford Co., IL
Burial	Fisher, Champaign Co., IL
	East Bend Mennonite Cemetery
Person ID	I9793	Schrock-Birkey Connection
Last Modified	29 Aug 2017

Father	Christian Sommer, b. 26 Oct 1846, Pagny-sur-Meuse, Meuse, FR d. 13 May 1934 (Age 87 years)
Mother	Barbara Claudon, b. 7 Dec 1849 d. 3 May 1928 (Age 78 years)
Marriage	20 Mar 1869 [3, 4]
Family ID	F3193	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Fannie Springer, b. 16 Mar 1872, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL d. 5 Jul 1932, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL (Age 60 years)

Marriage 7 Jan 1900

Children

	1. Nelson C. Sommer, b. 9 Mar 1901 d. 17 Mar 1996 (Age 95 years)
	2. Raymond Sommer, b. 26 Jun 1904, Saybrook, McLean Co., IL d. 24 Feb 1978, Mishawaka, St. Joseph Co., IN (Age 73 years)
	3. Chester Sommer, b. 18 Jul 1910, Bellflower, McLean Co., IL d. 11 May 1995, Gibson City, Ford Co., IL (Age 84 years)

Family ID F6910 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 17 Jun 2018

Notes

Obit:
Sommer, Joseph C., son of Christian and Barbara (Claudon) Sommer, was born Dec. 9, 1871, in France; died at the Gibson City, (Ill.) Community Hospital, Sept. 23, 1956; aged 84 y. 9m. 14 d. He had been ill for several months and was a patient at the hospital for about 6 weeks. He came to the United States in 1891 and began farming in the Bellflower area, where he lived until 1929, where he moved to Fisher where he resided until about 6 weeks before his death, when they moved to Gibson City. Besides his wife, he leaves 3 sons (Nelson, Foosland; Raymond, Saybrook; and Chester, Fisher, Ill.), 8 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother and 2 sisters. At an early age he accepted Christ as his Saviour and united with the Mennonite Church in France. When he moved to the U. S., he transferred his membership to the East Bend Mennonite Church where he maintained an active interest as long as he was able. Funeral services were conducted on Sept. 25 at the East Bend Church in charge of Howard J. Zehr and assisted by Harold Zehr and J. A. Heiser.