The Jamestown Sun, ND
October 5, 2001
Emma Sommerfeld, 93, Napoleon, N.D., formerly Gackle, N.D., died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2001, at Napoleon Care Center, Napoleon.
Emma Zimmerman was born Feb. 19, 1908, northwest of Gackle, the daughter of Gottlieb and Jacobina (Kerner) Zimmerman. She grew up in the Gackle area, where she received her elementary education in a rural school and helped on the family farm. She married Emanuel Sommerfeld Nov. 3, 1932, at Jamestown. They lived on a farm seven miles northwest of Gackle. 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 died Dec. 24, 2000. Following his death she continued to live in Gackle. In April 2001 she entered the Napoleon Care Center. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church. Gackle.
She is survived by two daughters, Myla Fern (Douglas) Burton, Peoria, Ariz., and Janell (Roger) Wegner, Nampa, Idaho; a brother, Emil, Napoleon; two sisters, Alice Nitschke, Gackle, and Elta (Jake) Sommerfeld, Longview, Wash.; six grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two brothers and a sister.
Graveside services: 3:30 p.m. Friday, Gackle Cemetery, Gackle.
Visitation: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Haut Funeral Home, Gackle.
Burial: Gackle Cemetery, Gackle.
October 5, 2001
Emma Sommerfeld, 93, Napoleon, N.D., formerly Gackle, N.D., died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2001, at Napoleon Care Center, Napoleon.
Emma Zimmerman was born Feb. 19, 1908, northwest of Gackle, the daughter of Gottlieb and Jacobina (Kerner) Zimmerman. She grew up in the Gackle area, where she received her elementary education in a rural school and helped on the family farm. She married Emanuel Sommerfeld Nov. 3, 1932, at Jamestown. They lived on a farm seven miles northwest of Gackle. 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 died Dec. 24, 2000. Following his death she continued to live in Gackle. In April 2001 she entered the Napoleon Care Center. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church. Gackle.
She is survived by two daughters, Myla Fern (Douglas) Burton, Peoria, Ariz., and Janell (Roger) Wegner, Nampa, Idaho; a brother, Emil, Napoleon; two sisters, Alice Nitschke, Gackle, and Elta (Jake) Sommerfeld, Longview, Wash.; six grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two brothers and a sister.
Graveside services: 3:30 p.m. Friday, Gackle Cemetery, Gackle.
Visitation: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Haut Funeral Home, Gackle.
Burial: Gackle Cemetery, Gackle.
- 19 Feb 1908 - Birth - ; Germania Township, Gackle, Logan County, North Dakota, USA
- Feb. 19, 1908 - Birth - ; Gackle Logan, North Dakota
- 30 Sep 2001 - Death - ; Napoleon, Logan County, North Dakota, USA
- Sept. 30, 2001 - Death - ; Napoleon Care Center, Napoleon, Logan, North Dakota, USA
- 1950 - Residence - ; Gackle, Logan, North Dakota, USA
- 1950 - Residence - ; Gackle, Logan, North Dakota, USA
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PARENT (M) Gottlieb Zimmerman | |||
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Marriage | to Jacobina Kerner | ||
Father | ? | ||
Mother | ? | ||
PARENT (F) Jacobina Kerner | |||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Marriage | to Gottlieb Zimmerman | ||
Father | ? | ||
Mother | ? | ||
CHILDREN | |||
M | Emil Zimmerman | ||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
F | Alice Zimmerman | ||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
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 |
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 |
PARENT (U) ? | |||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Father | ? | ||
Mother | ? | ||
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 |
[S379434026] | 1950 United States Federal Census |
1 Emma Zimmerman b: 19 Feb 1908 d: 30 Sep 2001
+ Emanuel Sommerfeld b: 4 Aug 1908 d: 24 Dec 2000
+ Emma Zimmerman b: 19 Feb 1908 d: 30 Sep 2001