Residence: Monticello, Indiana
Died: Friday, January 02, 2009
Location: 5:30 a.m. Whispering Pines Rehabiliation Center, (Formerly Twin Lakes Village) of Monticello, Indiana
 
 
Age: 85
Date of Birth: Tuesday, May 08, 1923
Birth place:

Branch: Navy

Service: World War II
Father: Charles Sommers
 
Mother: Mary Halsema
 
Marital Status: Widowed
Resided in: Monticello for the the last twenty-five (25) years.
Funeral Date: Monday, January 05, 2009
Funeral Location: 12:00 (noon) Miller - Roscka Funeral Home, Monticello, Indiana
Clergy: Father Gerald Borawski of the Our Lady of The Lakes Catholic Church in Monticello, Indiana officiating
Burial will take place:
In the Memory Gardens Cemetery, in Rensselaer, Indiana.
Visitation will be:
10:00 a.m. until 12:00 (noon), on Monday, January 5, 2009, at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home, of Monticello, Indiana.
Biographical Information:
Carl was born and raised in the Rensselaer, Indiana community. Carl has lived in the Monticello, Indiana community since 1983, coming here from Monroe, Michigan where he had lived most all of his life. Carl was a Union Carpenter in Monroe, Michigan, Local #1301 from 1969 to 1983. Carl was a member of the American Legion, VFW, and AmVets Posts, all of Monticello, Indiana. He was also a former member of the Red Man Lodge in Monticello, Indiana. After retiring and moving to the Monticello, Indiana community, Carl could be found tinkering in his garage working on small engines and numerous other things.
Carl was a United States World War II Navy Veteran.
Carl was raised Catholic.

Special Services: Full military rites by the Honor Guard of the American Legion, AmVets, and VFW Post, will be conducted at the funeral home following services at 12:00 (noon).
Memorial Information: May be given to the American Diabetes Association. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home
Marriage Information: He married Dorothy M. Simmons in Rockland, Mass. She is deceased.
Survivors include:
Sons,Carl E. Sommers, Jr. of Mancos, Colorado,Fred J. (wife Joanne) Sommers of Monticello, Indiana; Daughter,Pamela "Pam" (husband Edward) Petersen of Whitman, Massachusetts; Step-son, Ronald "Ronnie" (wife Ireda) Churchill of Monroe, Michigan; Sister,Sophia Tilden of Rensselaer, Indiana,Ruth Reed of Monticello, Indiana; Brothers,Richard (wife Shirley) Sommers of Monroe, Michigan, Russell (wife Anita) Sommers of Grandperri, Texas; Eight (8) grandchildren; Sixteen (16) great grandchildren with one on the way; Numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, and cousins.
Preceded in Death:
Sisters, Louise Williams, and Martha Barton; Brothers, Harold, Jack, Robert "Bob", and Ray
Arrangements by:
Miller-Roscka Funeral Home