Wise County, TX - Obits: Ruth Sommers - 1908-2000
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              Ruth Sommers - 1908-2000

Graveside service for Ruth Sommers, 91, of Henrietta, was to be 
Wednesday, Mar. 1, at West Bridgeport Cemetery. Memorial service was to
be at the First United Methodist Church in Bridgeport. 
The Rev. Johnny Irish was to officiate. 
Sommers died Saturday, Feb. 26, 2000, in Henrietta.

Born Mar. 9, 1908, in Phelps, N.Y., she had previously lived in 
Bridgeport and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of 
Bridgeport. She married Austin C. Sommers on Sept. 2, 1933, in 
Rochester, N.Y. He preceded her in death in 1979. She was a retired 
sales clerk and member of the American Association of Retired Persons.

She is survived by a daughter, Jane Forsythe of Henrietta; seven 
grandchildren, Guy Forsythe, Valerie Forsythe, Von Forsythe, John 
Forsythe and Billy Forsythe, all of Henrietta; Tina Barnett and Kristina
Vidal of Bridgeport; 16 great-grandchildren; four great-great 
grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were Guy, Von and John Forsythe, Robert Vidal, Donny 
Barnett, Billy Forsythe and Kenneth Ogden
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