January
25,
1938
25,
1938
February
15,
2025
15,
2025
Sheila Janine Summerson (Holt), age 87 of Newark, IL passed away Saturday, February 15, 2025 at Alden Courts, in Aurora, IL. She was born January 25, 1938 in Kewanee IL, daughter of Ronald and Julia (Halsall) Holt. She graduated from Carthage College. Sheila was united in marriage on September 28, 1958 in Galva, IL to Howard Summerson and they spent 51 years happily married. She spent many enjoyable years working as a lab tech. She loved to travel with family and friends by car and by train - just not by plane. She spent many years raising pigs and chickens. She loved food, from crab legs to frozen cokes, and crispy brownie edges. She enjoyed making quilts for her family, friends and Quilts of Valor. She was a faithful Lutheran and an active member of her Bible Study group at Cross Lutheran in Yorkville. She adored her little dog Zeke. Her favorite color was navy blue, she loved to read and her favorite movie was “Gone With the Wind”. She was spunky and loved to talk with her hands.
She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother (Gigi) who will be deeply missed by her family and friends.
She is survived by her son-in-law Merle Tuntland of Newark, IL; her children Bret (Tricia) Summerson of Eagle River, WI, Joseph (Mavis) Summerson of Newark, IL; her grandchildren and great-grandchildren: Amanda (Phillip) Tarr (Gilly, River and Fern); Jake (Jessica) Summerson (Garrett, Olivia and twin blessings to come); Sarah (Marco) Ariza (Brooke and Harper); Erin (William) Wolfe (Rowan, Willow and Juniper); Forrest (Jessica) Summerson (Jacyln Janiak); Beth (Spencer Roudabush) Summerson; and Cody Summerson.
She is preceded in death by her parents Ronald and Julia Holt, her husband Howard Summerson, and her children Kelly Tuntland and Gregory Summerson.
Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, February 21, 2025 at Cross Lutheran Church, 8609 Rt. 47 in Yorkville. A funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 22, 2025 at Cross Lutheran Church in Yorkville, IL with Pastor Erik Gauss, officiating. Interment will follow in Cross Lutheran Cemetery in Yorkville, IL with a luncheon to follow.
Please give memorials to:
Cross Lutheran Church Senior Ministries
8609 Route 47
Yorkville, IL 60560
Arrangements by: Turner-Eighner Funeral Home
3952 Turner Ave
Plano, IL 60545
(630)-552-3022
She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother (Gigi) who will be deeply missed by her family and friends.
She is survived by her son-in-law Merle Tuntland of Newark, IL; her children Bret (Tricia) Summerson of Eagle River, WI, Joseph (Mavis) Summerson of Newark, IL; her grandchildren and great-grandchildren: Amanda (Phillip) Tarr (Gilly, River and Fern); Jake (Jessica) Summerson (Garrett, Olivia and twin blessings to come); Sarah (Marco) Ariza (Brooke and Harper); Erin (William) Wolfe (Rowan, Willow and Juniper); Forrest (Jessica) Summerson (Jacyln Janiak); Beth (Spencer Roudabush) Summerson; and Cody Summerson.
She is preceded in death by her parents Ronald and Julia Holt, her husband Howard Summerson, and her children Kelly Tuntland and Gregory Summerson.
Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, February 21, 2025 at Cross Lutheran Church, 8609 Rt. 47 in Yorkville. A funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 22, 2025 at Cross Lutheran Church in Yorkville, IL with Pastor Erik Gauss, officiating. Interment will follow in Cross Lutheran Cemetery in Yorkville, IL with a luncheon to follow.
Please give memorials to:
Cross Lutheran Church Senior Ministries
8609 Route 47
Yorkville, IL 60560
Arrangements by: Turner-Eighner Funeral Home
3952 Turner Ave
Plano, IL 60545
(630)-552-3022
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