Sommers, Nellie Margaret Hostetler (1927-2007)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2007 Nov 26 p. 8

Birth date: 1927 Jun 12

text of obituary:

NELLIE SOMMERS

Nellie Margaret Sommers, 80, of Plain City, Ohio, died Nov. 9, 2007, at Riverside Methodist Hospital. She was born June 12, 1927, to Asa and Ida (Miller) Hostetler in Millersburg.

She was an accomplished quilter and loved to sew for Mennonite Central Committee. She also sewed many comforters for the children of Adriel School in West Liberty.

She married Elvin J. Sommers on June 5, 1947, in Louisville. He was a pastor.

Survivors include her husband, Elvin; five children, Clell Sommers and his wife, Pearl, of Plain City, Arley Sommers and his wife, Candace, of Cardington, Nedra Steiner and her husband, Roger, of Kidron, Collette Whitmer and her husband, Don, of Plain City, and Lambert Sommers and his wife, Rosetta, of Fredericktown; two sisters, Herma Miller and Edith Stoltzfus; four brothers, Marvin Hostetler, David Hostetler, Elmo Hostetler and Glenn Hostetler; a sister-in-law, Marlene Hostetler; 14 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Leon Hostetler.