Sommer services

Eudora ? Mass of Christian Burial for Paul C. Sommer, 92, Eudora, will be 10 a.m. Monday at Holy Family Catholic Church in Eudora. Burial will follow in Holy Family Cemetery, Eudora.

Mr. Sommer died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born March 15, 1910, in Scott, Okla., the son of John Hester and Anna Marie (Ziesenis) Sommer.

Mr. Sommer served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a staff sergeant. He was post office clerk in Eudora for 37 years. He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, where he served on the church council and cemetery committee for several years. He also was a member of Eudora Area Historical Society and National Rural Letter Carrier Assn. He was a volunteer fireman for Eudora.

He married Christine R. Selzer on July 23, 1935, in Kansas City, Kan. She died Oct. 26, 2002.

Survivors include a sister, Edna Zillner, Lawrence.

Friends may call from noon to 9 p.m. today at Warren-McElwain Mortuary Eudora Chapel, where a parish rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today.

The family suggests memorials to the church cemetery maintenance fund, sent in care of the mortuary, 1003 John L. Williams Drive, Eudora 66025.