The Jamestown Sun (online), ND
Week of Dec. 26-30, 2000
Emanuel Sommerfeld, 92, Gackle, N.D., died Sunday Dec. 24, 2000, at Gackle Care Center, Gackle.
Mr. Sommerfeld was born Aug. 4, 1908, at the family farm home northwest of Gackle, the son of Gottfried and Kathryn (Rath) Sommerfeld. He grew up at the Gackle area, where he attended and received his elementary education at a local rural school. He married Emma Zimmerman Nov. 3, 1932, at Jamestown. They lived on a farm near Gackle, where they farmed. In 1963 they moved to Downey, Calif., where he worked in a plastic pipe business. In 1973 they retired and returned to Gackle. In 1983 they moved to Jamestown. In 1997 they entered the Gackle Care Center. He was a member of the Grace Baptist Church, Gackle, and attended the Church of Nazarene, Jamestown. He enjoyed playing the accordion.
He is survived by his wife; two daughters, Myla Fern (Douglas) Burton, Peoria, Ariz., and Janell (Roger) Wegner, Nampa, Idaho; a sister, Hulda (Fred) Schmierer, Jamestown; two half sisters, Eldina Hehn, Jamestown, and Lenora (Robert) McCormack, Bellingham, Wash.; six grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his stepmother, two sisters, two half brothers and two half sisters.
Services: 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 23, Haut Funeral Chapel, Gackle, with Dr. Roger Wegner and the Rev. Harvey Motis officiating. Arrangements by Haut Funeral Homes, Gackle.
Burial: Gackle Cemetery, Gackle, in the spring.
Week of Dec. 26-30, 2000
Emanuel Sommerfeld, 92, Gackle, N.D., died Sunday Dec. 24, 2000, at Gackle Care Center, Gackle.
Mr. Sommerfeld was born Aug. 4, 1908, at the family farm home northwest of Gackle, the son of Gottfried and Kathryn (Rath) Sommerfeld. He grew up at the Gackle area, where he attended and received his elementary education at a local rural school. He married Emma Zimmerman Nov. 3, 1932, at Jamestown. They lived on a farm near Gackle, where they farmed. In 1963 they moved to Downey, Calif., where he worked in a plastic pipe business. In 1973 they retired and returned to Gackle. In 1983 they moved to Jamestown. In 1997 they entered the Gackle Care Center. He was a member of the Grace Baptist Church, Gackle, and attended the Church of Nazarene, Jamestown. He enjoyed playing the accordion.
He is survived by his wife; two daughters, Myla Fern (Douglas) Burton, Peoria, Ariz., and Janell (Roger) Wegner, Nampa, Idaho; a sister, Hulda (Fred) Schmierer, Jamestown; two half sisters, Eldina Hehn, Jamestown, and Lenora (Robert) McCormack, Bellingham, Wash.; six grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his stepmother, two sisters, two half brothers and two half sisters.
Services: 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 23, Haut Funeral Chapel, Gackle, with Dr. Roger Wegner and the Rev. Harvey Motis officiating. Arrangements by Haut Funeral Homes, Gackle.
Burial: Gackle Cemetery, Gackle, in the spring.
- 4 Aug 1908 - Birth - ; Gackle, Logan County, North Dakota, USA
- 4 Aug 1908 - Birth - ; North Dakota
- 4 Aug 1908 - Birth - ; Gackle, North Dakota
- Aug. 4, 1908 - Birth - ; Gackle Logan, North Dakota
- 24 Dec 2000 - Death - ; Gackle, Logan County, North Dakota, USA
- 24 Dec 2000 - Death - ; Gackle, Logan, North Dakota, USA
- 24 Dec 2000 - Death - ; Gackle, Logan, North Dakota, United States
- Dec. 24, 2000 - Death - ; Gackle Care Center, Gackle, Logan, North Dakota, USA
- 1930 - Residence - ; Griffin, Stutsman, North Dakota, USA
- 1930 - Residence - ; Griffin, Stutsman, North Dakota, USA
PARENT (M) Gottfried Sommerfeld Jr | |||
Birth | 27 Oct 1879 | Lilienfeld, South Russia | |
Death | 23 May 1957 | Gackle, Logan County, North Dakota, USA | |
Marriage | 6 Oct 1901 | to Katherina Rath at North Dakota, USA | |
Marriage | 6 OCT 1910 | to Katherina Rath | |
Marriage | 1 Mar 1916 | to Mathilda (Tillie) Scherbenski at LaMoure, North Dakota, USA | |
Marriage | 1 Mar 1919 | to Mathilda (Tillie) Scherbenski | |
Father | Gottfried Sommerfeld Sr | ||
Mother | Emilia Dulge | ||
PARENT (F) Katherina Rath | |||
Birth | 12 Jan 1881 | Jakobstal, Bessarabia, Russia | |
Death | 1 Jan 1916 | Gackle, Logan, North Dakota, USA | |
Marriage | 6 Oct 1901 | to Gottfried Sommerfeld Jr at North Dakota, USA | |
Marriage | 6 OCT 1910 | to Gottfried Sommerfeld Jr | |
Father | Johannes (John) Rath Sr | ||
Mother | Dorathea Boschatzke | ||
CHILDREN | |||
F | Hulda Sommerfeld | ||
Birth | 13 May 1912 | Gackle, Logan County, North Dakota, United States of America | |
Death | 11 September 2006 | Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota, United States of America | |
Marriage | to Fred F Schmierer | ||
F | Bertha Sommerfeld | ||
Birth | 4 May 1904 | Gackle, Logan County, North Dakota, United States of America | |
Death | 2 Oct 1950 | Forsyth, Montana, USA | |
Marriage | 3 Oct 1925 | to Leonard Frank Zillmer at Stutsman, North Dakota, USA | |
Marriage | 1929 | to Leonard Frank Zillmer at Griffin, Stutsman, North Dakota | |
M | Emanuel Sommerfeld | ||
Birth | 4 Aug 1908 | Gackle, Logan County, North Dakota, USA | |
Death | 24 Dec 2000 | Gackle, Logan County, North Dakota, USA | |
Marriage | 03 Nov 1932 | to Emma Zimmerman at Jamestown, Stutsman, North Dakota, United States | |
F | Matina Elsa (Elsie) Sommerfeld | ||
Birth | 20 Apr 1910 | North Dakota | |
Death | 3 October 1946 | Logan County, North Dakota, United States of America | |
Marriage | 6 Dec 1928 | to Edward ''Ed'' Zimmerman at North Dakota, USA |
PARENT (M) Emanuel Sommerfeld | |||
Birth | 4 Aug 1908 | Gackle, Logan County, North Dakota, USA | |
Death | 24 Dec 2000 | Gackle, Logan County, North Dakota, USA | |
Marriage | 03 Nov 1932 | to Emma Zimmerman at Jamestown, Stutsman, North Dakota, United States | |
Father | Gottfried Sommerfeld Jr | ||
Mother | Katherina Rath | ||
PARENT (F) Emma Zimmerman | |||
Birth | 19 Feb 1908 | Germania Township, Gackle, Logan County, North Dakota, USA | |
Death | 30 Sep 2001 | Napoleon, Logan County, North Dakota, USA | |
Marriage | 03 Nov 1932 | to Emanuel Sommerfeld at Jamestown, Stutsman, North Dakota, United States | |
Marriage | to Emma Zimmerman | ||
Father | Gottlieb Zimmerman | ||
Mother | Jacobina Kerner | ||
CHILDREN | |||
F | Janell Sommerfeld | ||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Marriage | to Roger Wegner | ||
F | Myla Fern Sommerfeld | ||
Birth | 29 Apr 1933 | North Dakota, USA | |
Death | 20 Dec 2020 | ||
Marriage | to Douglas Gale Burton CPL |
[S389797393] | U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current |
1 Emanuel Sommerfeld b: 4 Aug 1908 d: 24 Dec 2000
+ Emma Zimmerman b: 19 Feb 1908 d: 30 Sep 2001
2 Myla Fern Sommerfeld b: 29 Apr 1933 d: 20 Dec 2020
+ Douglas Gale Burton CPL b: 21 Mar 1933 d: 9 Jan 2021
3 Scott Douglas Burton b: 20 Sep 1956 d: 2 Sep 2009