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Elvin Sommers

Birth	:	2 Jun 1930 Plevna, Howard County, Indiana, USA
Death	:	27 Jul 2015 Plevna, Howard County, Indiana, USA
Burial	:	Mast Hensler Cemetery, Kokomo, Howard County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.5303180, -86.0129550
Description	:	ELVIN SOMMERS, 85, PLEVNA, PASSED AWAY MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 AT MARION GENERAL HOSPITAL. HE WAS BORN JUNE 2, 1930 IN PLEVNA TO MONROE AND EFFIE (HORNER) SOMMERS. ON JUNE 27, 1954, HE MARRIED BARBARA JANE (CRAIG) SOMMERS, AND THEY BEGAN THEIR 61 YEARS TOGETHER. ELVIN GREW UP IN PLEVNA AND ATTENDED GREENTOWN SCHOOL. HE QUIT TO JOIN THE ARMY, BUT LATER GOT HIS GED, AND WAS VERY PROUD OF THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT. ELVIN AND BARB LIVED IN MARION FOR A SHORT TIME, THEN MOVED TO SIMS, WHERE THEY LIVED FOR 7 YEARS, BEFORE MOVING TO THEIR FARM... Read More	ELVIN SOMMERS, 85, PLEVNA, PASSED AWAY MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 AT MARION GENERAL HOSPITAL. HE WAS BORN JUNE 2, 1930 IN PLEVNA TO MONROE AND EFFIE (HORNER) SOMMERS. ON JUNE 27, 1954, HE MARRIED BARBARA JANE (CRAIG) SOMMERS, AND THEY BEGAN THEIR 61 YEARS TOGETHER. ELVIN GREW UP IN PLEVNA AND ATTENDED GREENTOWN SCHOOL. HE QUIT TO JOIN THE ARMY, BUT LATER GOT HIS GED, AND WAS VERY PROUD OF THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT. ELVIN AND BARB LIVED IN MARION FOR A SHORT TIME, THEN MOVED TO SIMS, WHERE THEY LIVED FOR 7 YEARS, BEFORE MOVING TO THEIR FARM NORTH OF PLEVNA. HE WAS EMPLOYED AT GM/DELCO IN KOKOMO FOR 34 YEARS BEFORE RETIRING ALONGSIDE WIFE BARB. ELVIN ENJOYED THE OUTDOORS, MAKING CIDER, FISHING AND BUTCHERING BEEF AND HOGS. HE AND BARB TRAVELED TO ALL 50 STATES, TOOK SEVERAL CRUISES AND WENT TO GERMANY. HE AND BARB TOOK SEVERAL WONDERFUL TRIPS WITH FRIENDS BYRON/MARJORIE SOMMERS. ELVIN SERVED ON THE BOARD AND WAS A CARETAKER, OF MAST/HENSLER CEMETERY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF CONVERSE CHURCH OF CHRIST, WHERE HE WAS A FORMER DEACON AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF GREENTOWN MASONIC LODGE #341, WHERE HE SERVED AS PAST MASTER. HE ENJOYED THE LODGE AND THE BROTHERS, AND DID MASONIC SERVICES FOR SEVERAL OF HIS BROTHERS, FROM AROUND THE STATE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SCOTTISH RITE IN FORT WAY,E YORK RITE, MURAT, VFW, IBN SAUDI GROTTO, AMERICAN LEGION AND KOKOMO SHRINE CLUB. HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY, AS A DEDICATED AMERICAN, IN THE ARMY SPENDING MOST OF HIS TOUR IN GERMANY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SOLIDARITY COMMUNITY F.C.U. BOARD, SERVING ON THE SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE FOR 40 YEARS. HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF GREENTOWN EASTERN STAR, WHERE HE SERVED AS A PAST PATRON, SEVERAL TIMES. HE HELD DUAL MEMBERSHIP WITH CONVERSE EASTERN STAR, AND WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER. HE BELONGED TO WHITE SHRINE OF JERUSALEM AS WATCHMAN OF SHEPHERD AND ROYAL PATRON IN AMARANTH. SURVIVING ALONG WITH WIFE BARB, ARE DAUGHTER CONNIE (SOMMERS) MAPLE (WAUPECONG) AND SON, DAYMAN SOMMERS (PLEVNA); 4 GRANDCHILDREN, JEANETTE (MAPLE) MERRITT, JILL (MAPLE) HART, DAYMAN LEE SOMMERS JR., AND COREY SOMMERS; 8 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ALEXANDRA MERRITT, LAURYN MERRITT, LEVI MERRITT, CASSANDRA, HANNAH AND ALLISON HART; SISTER ELAINE (SOMMERS) RICH, SISTER IN LAW, THANET SOMMERS AND BROTHER IN LAW, JOE RICHARDS, ALONG WITH SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. FUNERAL SERVIES WILL BE AT 1:30 P.M. FRIDAY AT CONVERSE CHURCH OF CHRIST, 301 WABASH, CONVERSE, IN, WITH JOHN CLARK OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN MAST-HENSLER CEMETERY WITH MILITARY RITES PROVIDED BY THE GREENTOWN AMERICAN LEGION. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 4:00-8:00, THURSDAY AT THE CHURCH WHERE A MASONIC SERVICE FOLLOWED BY AN EASTERN STAR SERVICE WILL BE HELD. MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE SHRINERS OR CONVERSE CHURCH OF CHRIST.

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Elvin Sommers's memorial is located at: Mast Hensler Cemetery, Kokomo, Howard County, USA.
When did Elvin Sommers death?
Elvin Sommers death on 27 Jul 2015 in Plevna, Howard County, Indiana, USA
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Latitude: 40.5303180
Longitude: -86.0129550

Family Members:

Parent

Monroe “Red” Sommers

(1896 - 1978)

Nora Effie Horner Sommers

(1897 - 1976)

Siblings

Daniel J. “Dan” Sommers

(1929 - 2015)

Children

Rocky Monroe Sommers

(1955 - 1955)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Mast Hensler Cemetery
Kokomo, Howard County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5303180, -86.0129550

2. Lantz Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5355600, -86.0149200

3. Kokomo Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery
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7. Shrock Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5642014, -85.9828033

8. Schrock Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5642014, -85.9828033

9. Hershberger Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5710500, -86.0488300

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Coordinate: 40.4964150, -86.0599740

13. Greenlawn Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4850900, -85.9870720

14. Barnhart Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5786018, -85.9856033

15. Hopewell Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4858017, -86.0503006

16. Gerber Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5789140, -85.9854570

17. Hudson Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5423070, -86.0932340

18. Cary Wesleyan Methodist Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5793680, -85.9575420

19. Lamb Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4712410, -85.9758072

20. Curry Chapel Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5534172, -85.9194946

21. Howard County Veterans Memorial
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Coordinate: 40.4813580, -86.0975610

22. Freeman Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4523560, -85.9805170

23. Clymer Cemetery
Wawpecong, Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6078262, -86.0520248

24. Chittick Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5910988, -86.0899963