Gail Hamm
1918 – 2018
Obituary
Gail A. (Williams Dumler) Hamm, 99,
died Tuesday (July 10, 2018) at the Newton Medical Center.
She was born on Nov. 16, 1918, in
Barber County, the daughter of Scott Elery and Pearl Sylvesta Gibson
Levens. She was raised and attended schools in the Sawyer area.
After graduating from high school, Gail
moved to Newton to attend the Axtell Nurses School. She was a nurse
in the Newton area for several years.
Gail was a member of the First United
Methodist Church in Newton and had currently been attending the
Christian Church in Sedgwick. She was a longtime member of the Order
of Eastern Star Chapter #5 in Newton and the Wichita Gem and Mineral
Society.
She married Melvin A. Williams on Sept.
2, 1944, in Colby. He died March 3, 1973. On Oct. 11, 1974, she
married LeRoy C. Dumler in Newton. He died Oct. 11, 1988. Gail later
married Carl Raymond Hamm Sr. on Oct. 6, 1990, in Sedgwick. He died
March 6, 2002.
Gail is survived by her daughter,
Rowena Sonmore of the home in Newton; stepsons, Jon Dumler and wife
Etta of Ireland, Don Dumler and wife Marsha of Orange Park, Florida,
and Myron Hamm and wife Terri of Gunnison, Colorado; 11
step-grandchildren; and her friend, Beverly Hamm of Wichita.
She is preceded in death by her
parents; and sister, Joy Schrock.
Graveside services and interment will
be held at 10 a.m. Monday (July 16, 2018) at the Greenwood Cemetery
in Newton. Friends may call at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home between
1 and 6 p.m. Sunday (July 15, 2018), where the family will receive
friends between 4 and 6 p.m.
A memorial has been established with
the First United Methodist Church of Newton and the Christian Church
of Sedgwick. Contributions may be sent to Broadway Colonial Funeral
Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton, KS 67114.
Condolences may be left at
www.broadwaycolonialfh.com.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial
Funeral Home, Newton.
