Zimmerman, Emma

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.