Obituaries

Leona A. Sommers

September 25, 1929 to April 5, 2017

WINAMAC - Leona A. Sommers, 87, of Winamac, passed away at 8:10 a.m., Wednesday, April 5, at Pulaski Health Care Center, Winamac.

She was born Sept. 25, 1929 in Kewanna, to the late Jonas Mathias and Genevieve Rosella Weaver Kuhn. On Jan. 19, 1963, she married Paul P. Sommers Jr. in Winamac. He survives. 

Also surviving are:
Nancy Sommers, Indianapolis, Daughter 
Marie (Tom) Hunt, Indianapolis, Daughter 
Tina (Dave) Bengs, Valparaiso, Daughter 
Steven (Danna) Sommers, Winamac, Son 
Nathan Sommers, Grandson 
Kathryn Sommers, Granddaughter 
Adam Sommers, Grandson 
Gabriele Bengs, Granddaughter 
Cassandra Bengs, Granddaughter 
Samuel Bengs, Grandson 
Joseph Bengs, Grandson 
Mary Pletka, Orlando, FL, Sister 
Frances (Bernard) Knouff, Winamac, Sister 
James Kuhn Winamac, Brother

Preceded in death by: 
10 Siblings: Bernice Braun, Agnes Bossung, Theresa Olson, Ruth Ann Kuhn (Sister Terrance), Ralph Kuhn, Richard Kuhn, Leonard Kuhn (Twin), Triplets (2 boys, 1 girl)

Mrs. Sommers was a faithful member of St. Peter's Catholic Church, Winamac, as well as the Ladies of Charity, Christian Mothers, and Victorian Ladies. She enjoyed volunteering on Saturday mornings at the Good Samaritan Store and helping with funeral dinners. She was a proud homemaker and farmwife. She enjoyed baking, sewing, quilting, canning, and helping on the farm. She also enjoyed flying with her husband and had taken flight lessons. She was a member of the Indiana Flying Farmers and International Flying Farmers. She was a collector of bells and Christmas village houses. November was always spent decorating the house for the Sommers family Christmas and hosting BUNCO the first Thursday in December. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister. She will be sadly missed by those who knew and loved her. 

Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m., Sunday, April 9, at Frain Mortuary, Winamac. A scriptural wake service will be at 6 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home followed by a Ladies of Charity and Christian Mothers Service. The funeral mass will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, April 10, at St. Peter's Catholic Church, Winamac, with Rev. Leroy Kinnaman officiating. Burial will be at St. Peters Cemetery, Winamac.

Memorial donations may be made to the Pulaski Health Care Center or to Ladies of Charity.

Online condolences may be offered in the guestbook at www.frainmortuary.com