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Leo Lytle Sommerville

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Birth Date: April 26, 1916
Death Date: October 30, 2010
Age at Death: 94

Marriages

Patricia Janes

Burial Details

Mortuary Name: Snell-McLean Funeral Home

Obituaries

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 5B - November 2, 2010

Lifelong Mesa County resident
Leo Lytle Sommerville went to be
with his heavenly Father on October
30, 2010. Leo was 94 years
old.
Leo was born to Charles and
Elsie (Lytle) Sommerville in
Parker Basin (Collbran, Colorado)
on April 26, 1916. The Sommerville
family moved to the Grand
Valley in 1926. Leo graduated in 1934 from the Fruita Union High
School, became a member of the Independent Order of the Odd
Fellows in 1934 and served as Grand Master of Colorado 1955 -
1956. Leo was a member of the Mesa County Farm Bureau Organization,
Director of Mesa County Beet Growers Association and
Chairman of the Committee in Mesa County in the successful effort
to salvage the Holly Sugar Processing Plant in Delta, Colorado 1960
- 61. Leo served on the Governing Board of the Lower Valley Hospital
in Fruita from 1962 - 69. Leo enjoyed time spent with family
and friends. He loved the time he spent farming with his brother,
Lloyd, on their ranch in Fruita, CO. His hobbies were camping,
fishing, and traveling.
Leo was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Elsie Sommerville;
three sisters, Lorene (Sommerville) Nichols, Leona (Sommerville)
Porter and LaVern (Sommerville) Byers.
Survivors include his wife of 37 years, Patricia (Janes) Sommerville
of Grand Junction; two daughters, Vicky (Richard) Martin of
Grand Junction, and Roberta Dalton of Fruita; four grandchildren,
John Wilkerson of Grand Junction; Renae (Allen) Phillips of Grand
Junction; Will (Ashley) Hart of Gillette, Wyoming and Angela Hart
of Whitewater; two great grandsons, Jade Wilkerson of Grand Junction;
Korbin Wilkerson of Grand Junction; one great granddaughter,
Samantha Hart of Gillette, Wyoming; one brother, Lloyd Sommerville
of Lakewood, CO; several nieces and nephews.
At the request of Leo to his wife and family, cremation has taken
place and a private family service will take place at a later date.
On behalf of Leo Sommerville, contributions may be made in his
name to Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado.
Snell-McLean Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements.

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