Dora Lavaun Sommer Hostetler
Obituary
HESSTON - Dora Lavaun Sommer Hostetler,
97, passed away March 23, 2015, at Schowalter Villa, Hesston.
She was born on September 22, 1917, in
Crawfordsville, IA, the daughter of Christian C. and Selma Clare
(Suter) Sommer. She married Harry F. Dettwiler on December 15, 1940.
She later married Kenneth E. Hostetler on October 25, 1952.
Dora worked hard, holding several jobs
including Hesston Cleaners, Hesston Appliance and Hesston
Manufacturing, and she was a homemaker. Growing up in Crawfordsville,
IA, she attended school grades 1st through 4th later moving to
Wayland, IA, and attended grades 5th through 12th. After the death of
her father, Christian Sommer, her mother and siblings spent summers
traveling to Ohio to spend time with her Grandpa Peter C. Suter.
She is survived by her son Harry F.
(Butch) Dettwiler and wife Valerie of Wichita; daughter Ann Schroeder
and husband Jerry of Arkansas City; a brother Irvin C. Sommer of
Alameda, CA; four grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her
parents, Christian and Selma Sommer; her husband, Kenneth E.
Hostetler; one brother, Otto L. Sommer; and one grandson, Greg
Schroeder.
The family will greet friends from 5 to
7 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at Miller-Ott Funeral Home,
Hesston. Private graveside services will be held in the Hesston City
Cemetery, with Pastor Amy Nissley Stauffer officiating.
Memorials may be made to Schowalter
Villa Good Samaritan Fund, in care of Miller-Ott Funeral Home, 107 S.
Lancaster, P.O. Box 32, Hesston, KS 67062.
Published in The Kansan from Mar. 25 to
Mar. 27, 2015
