{"id":27643,"date":"2025-07-19T16:31:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T20:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=27643"},"modified":"2025-07-19T16:31:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T20:31:36","slug":"brenda-sommer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/19\/brenda-sommer\/","title":{"rendered":"Brenda Sommer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"isPasted\">Brenda J. Sommer, 84, of Berne, Indiana passed away on Friday, July 18, 2025, at Swiss Village in Berne, Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was born on January 23, 1941, in Adams County, Indiana to the late Rufus P. and Martha (Zimmerman) Sommer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/lg-26.jpg?resize=640%2C799&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27644\" style=\"width:184px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/lg-26.jpg?w=820&amp;ssl=1 820w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/lg-26.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/lg-26.jpg?resize=768%2C959&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Brenda was honorably discharged from the United States Navy, where she served from 1960-1961.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brenda graduated from Adams Central High School and attended the First Mennonite Church in Berne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She worked at Shultz Company in St. Louis for 12 years as a production worker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brenda hobbies include reading and watching the St. Louis Cardinals. She created many meaningful friendships driving for her Amish friends. Brenda greatly enjoyed her nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Survivors include her sister, Janice K. (Ernest) Steiner of Berne, Indiana; sister-in-law, Pam Sommer of Yorktown, Indiana; nephew, Adam Steiner of Glasgow, Kentucky; two nieces, Julie (Jeff) Chrisman of Berne, Indiana and Sada Sommer of Yorktown, Indiana; and several great nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brenda was preceded in death by her brother, Michael E. Sommer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In honoring Brenda\u2019s wishes, there will be no services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brenda J. Sommer, 84, of Berne, Indiana passed away on Friday, July 18, 2025, at Swiss Village in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-27643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-obit"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27645,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27643\/revisions\/27645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}