Sommerfeld, Emanuel

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.