Obituaries

DODGE CITY- Marie Bolmer, 96, died Friday, April 8, 2022 at SunPorch of Dodge City. She was born September 6, 1925 on the family farm near Windthorst, the daughter of Joseph A.

Linda Kay Skinner passed away on March 25, 2022 at Northgate Nursing Home in Flagstaff, Arizona. Linda was born on November 2, 1954 in Ness City, Kansas. Linda’s parents were Arthur Lee Burdett and Bernice Opal Burdett both from Ness City, Kansas.

Manhattan - Anna M. Imel, 67, died April 1, 2022 at Meadowlark Hills Nursing Home in Manhattan, Kansas. She was born on January 3, 1955 at Dodge City, Kansas the daughter of Bernardo and Anita (Herrera) Lopez.

Jeanette Marie Tommer, 78, of Lyons, Kansas, passed away April 3, 2022, at Hospital District #1 of Rice County, Lyons. She was born December 14, 1943, in Dodge City, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph Clem and Helen Cline Langlois. Jeanette has resided in Lyons since 1971, formerly of Kinsley, Kansas. She graduated from Windhorst High School, Windhorst, Kansas, with the class of 1961. Jeanette was a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell, CNA and CMA at various local nursing homes, and a Rice County Dispatcher. She was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church, Lyons, and the Sterling American Legion Post #128. On August 17, 1963, Jeanette was united in marriage with Richard Tommer, Sr. in Spearville, Kansas. He survives of the home. She is also survived by her three sons, Rick Tommer and wife Julie of Sterling, KS, Terry Tommer and wife Selena Dawn of Kansas City, KS, and Wayne Tommer of Alden, KS; daughter, Celena Bray and husband Cy of Stilwell, OK; brother, John “Jack” Langlois of Dodge City, KS; sister, Janice Beebe and husband Ken of Littleton, CO; twenty grandchildren, Alexis, Brandon, Trenton, Adyan, Zach, Layne, Audrey, Calvin, Hannah, Shelbie, Chelsie, Tandra, Kevin, Ed, Stasha, Mariah, Jenny, Brandi, Sarah, Maranda; and twenty-six great-grandchildren. Jeanette was preceded in death by her parents; son, Joseph Robert Tommer; daughter, Cindy Rusch; brother and sister-inlaw, James and Judy Langlois; and sister-in-law, Thelma Langlois. Funeral mass will be at 10:00 A.M., Friday, April 8, 2022, at St. Paul Catholic Church, Lyons, with Father Michael Brungardt officiating. Burial will be at St. Nicholas Cemetery, Kinsley, Kansas, at a later date. Visitation will be from 6:00 until 7:00 P.M., Thursday, April 7, 2022, at St. Paul Catholic Church, Lyons, with family present. A Parish Rosary will be said at 7:00 P.M. Memorials may be given to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or the St. Paul Altar Society in care of Birzer Funeral Home, Lyons.