Information for Mary Theresa Sommer
17 November 1928 - 17 October 1995
From The Press-Tribune
October 1995
Contributed by Dennis McIndoo



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Mary Sommer

     Mary T. Sommer, R.N., 66, of Boise, passed away at home after a courageous battle with cancer.  A memorial mass will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20, at St. Paul's Catholic Church, Nampa, with the Rev. Father Paul Mathews, S.M., presiding.  Cremation is under the direction of Persons-Flahiff Funeral Chapel, Nampa.
    Mary was born Nov. 17, 1928, in Wendell, a daughter of Casper and Monica Frei Sommer.  She was a graduate of Meridian High School and St. Alphonsus School of Nursing.  Mary was a world traveler having worked in West Pakistan, Ponape and Zaire where she was nursing director for Morrison-Knudsen Co.  Following her return in 1981 she worked at M-K headquarters until her retirement in 1989.
    She is survived by three brothers, Casper Sommer of Port Angeles, Wash., Robert Sommer of Nampa, and Leo Sommer of Smith Valley, Nev.; five sisters, Christine Klotz of Portland, Ore., Wilma Sprute of Dallas, Ore., Rita Larson of Phoenix, Ariz., Irene Bridges of Stella, No. Carolina, Dorothy Giffen of Stanley; and numerous nieces and nephews.
    She was preceded in death by her parents.
    The family suggests that memorials be made to Horizon Hospices, 1406 E. First St. Suite 116, Meridian, Idaho 83642 or MSTI, St. Luke's Hospital, Boise.


 

 

 

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