Dorothy Sommers

Dorothy Som­mers, 90, of Urbana, died on Sun­day (Feb. 12, 2012).

Mrs. Som­mers was born in Delaware on June 7, 1921, and grad­u­ated from Brown High School and The Ohio State Uni­ver­sity, School of Home Eco­nom­ics in the Col­lege of Agriculture.

She is sur­vived by her three chil­dren and their fam­i­lies, Jack and Mary Som­mers of Urbana, Dixie Som­mers of Alexan­dria, Va., and Cathy and Mike Pullins of Cable; grand­chil­dren, John and Diane Som­mers of Pleas­antville, Matt Pullins of Lake­wood, Sarah Pullins of Chicago and Kent Pullins of Cincin­nati; great-granddaughters, Lau­ren and Melissa Som­mers of Pleas­antville; brother and sister-in-law ‚Tom and Phyl­lis Dix of Moscow, Ohio; sister-in-law, Sharon Dix of Ken­ton; and sis­ter, Bar­bara Dix of Columbus.

She was pre­ceded in death by her hus­band of 56 years, John Som­mers Jr.; grand­son, Mark Som­mers; par­ents, George and Grace Evans Dix; step­mother, Ruth Dix; sis­ter, Elsie Dix Snook; and broth­ers, Robert Dix and Chuck Dix.

A gath­er­ing of fam­ily and friends will be held from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednes­day, Feb. 15, in the Ver­non Funeral Home, 235 Miami St., Urbana. A funeral ser­vice will be held at 11 a.m. Thurs­day, Feb. 16, in the West­ville United Methodist Church with the Rev. Chuck Glover offi­ci­at­ing. Bur­ial will fol­low in Oak­dale Ceme­tery, Urbana.

In lieu of flow­ers, memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions may be made to The Ohio State Uni­ver­sity, Buck­eye Legacy Schol­ar­ship Fund 313917, OSU Foun­da­tion, 1480 Lane Avenue, Colum­bus, OH 43221 or the West­ville United Methodist Church, Box 117, West­ville, OH 43083.

Con­do­lences may be expressed to the fam­ily at vernonfh.com.

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