Lloyd Charles Sommerville died January 18, at Mesa Manor Nursing Home in Grand Junction, he was 93.
He was born February 11, 1918 in Molina, Colorado to Charles Sommerville and Elsie (Lytle) Sommerville. Lloyd lived in the Collbran/Molina area in his early years and spent three years in Grand Junction before his family purchased a small farm in Fruita. Lloyd learned farming from his father which led to his life long career in agriculture.
On December 31, 1938, Lloyd married his grade school sweetheart, May Nicholls, in the Fruita Methodist Church. They had met when May was in the seventh grade and Lloyd in the eighth grade at the old Fruita Central School. They have been best friends and soul mates ever since, which will now continue into the eternities. Lloyd's bride of 68 years passed away in January of 2007.
In the spring of 1939, they rented a farm at 21 and K Road in Mesa County, purchased that property a few years later and lived and farmed there until 1981 when they moved to Lakewood, Colorado. Lloyd returned to Grand Junction in the fall of 2011.
Survivors include his daughter, Louise Doyal (Jack Beach), of Fruita; son, Robert Sommerville, of Lakewood, Colorado; son, Thomas (Carol) Sommerville, of Fruita, as well as 12 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
A viewing will be held from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. at the Fruita LDS Chapel, 417 East Ottley Ave. on Wednesday, January 25, 2012. Funeral services will be held at the at 12:00 p.m. Graveside services will follow at the Elmwood Cemetery.
Arrangements are the direction of Callahan-Edfast Mortuary.
Published in The Daily Sentinel from January 21 to January 22, 2012
He was born February 11, 1918 in Molina, Colorado to Charles Sommerville and Elsie (Lytle) Sommerville. Lloyd lived in the Collbran/Molina area in his early years and spent three years in Grand Junction before his family purchased a small farm in Fruita. Lloyd learned farming from his father which led to his life long career in agriculture.
On December 31, 1938, Lloyd married his grade school sweetheart, May Nicholls, in the Fruita Methodist Church. They had met when May was in the seventh grade and Lloyd in the eighth grade at the old Fruita Central School. They have been best friends and soul mates ever since, which will now continue into the eternities. Lloyd's bride of 68 years passed away in January of 2007.
In the spring of 1939, they rented a farm at 21 and K Road in Mesa County, purchased that property a few years later and lived and farmed there until 1981 when they moved to Lakewood, Colorado. Lloyd returned to Grand Junction in the fall of 2011.
Survivors include his daughter, Louise Doyal (Jack Beach), of Fruita; son, Robert Sommerville, of Lakewood, Colorado; son, Thomas (Carol) Sommerville, of Fruita, as well as 12 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
A viewing will be held from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. at the Fruita LDS Chapel, 417 East Ottley Ave. on Wednesday, January 25, 2012. Funeral services will be held at the at 12:00 p.m. Graveside services will follow at the Elmwood Cemetery.
Arrangements are the direction of Callahan-Edfast Mortuary.
Published in The Daily Sentinel from January 21 to January 22, 2012
Lloyd Charles Sommerville died January 18, at Mesa Manor Nursing Home in Grand Junction, he was 93.
He was born February 11, 1918 in Molina, Colorado to Charles Sommerville and Elsie (Lytle) Sommerville. Lloyd lived in the Collbran/Molina area in his early years and spent three years in Grand Junction before his family purchased a small farm in Fruita. Lloyd learned farming from his father which led to his life long career in agriculture.
On December 31, 1938, Lloyd married his grade school sweetheart, May Nicholls, in the Fruita Methodist Church. They had met when May was in the seventh grade and Lloyd in the eighth grade at the old Fruita Central School. They have been best friends and soul mates ever since, which will now continue into the eternities. Lloyd's bride of 68 years passed away in January of 2007.
In the spring of 1939, they rented a farm at 21 and K Road in Mesa County, purchased that property a few years later and lived and farmed there until 1981 when they moved to Lakewood, Colorado. Lloyd returned to Grand Junction in the fall of 2011.
Survivors include his daughter, Louise Doyal (Jack Beach), of Fruita; son, Robert Sommerville, of Lakewood, Colorado; son, Thomas (Carol) Sommerville, of Fruita, as well as 12 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
A viewing will be held from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. at the Fruita LDS Chapel, 417 East Ottley Ave. on Wednesday, January 25, 2012. Funeral services will be held at the at 12:00 p.m. Graveside services will follow at the Elmwood Cemetery.
Arrangements are the direction of Callahan-Edfast Mortuary.
Published in The Daily Sentinel from January 21 to January 22, 2012
He was born February 11, 1918 in Molina, Colorado to Charles Sommerville and Elsie (Lytle) Sommerville. Lloyd lived in the Collbran/Molina area in his early years and spent three years in Grand Junction before his family purchased a small farm in Fruita. Lloyd learned farming from his father which led to his life long career in agriculture.
On December 31, 1938, Lloyd married his grade school sweetheart, May Nicholls, in the Fruita Methodist Church. They had met when May was in the seventh grade and Lloyd in the eighth grade at the old Fruita Central School. They have been best friends and soul mates ever since, which will now continue into the eternities. Lloyd's bride of 68 years passed away in January of 2007.
In the spring of 1939, they rented a farm at 21 and K Road in Mesa County, purchased that property a few years later and lived and farmed there until 1981 when they moved to Lakewood, Colorado. Lloyd returned to Grand Junction in the fall of 2011.
Survivors include his daughter, Louise Doyal (Jack Beach), of Fruita; son, Robert Sommerville, of Lakewood, Colorado; son, Thomas (Carol) Sommerville, of Fruita, as well as 12 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
A viewing will be held from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. at the Fruita LDS Chapel, 417 East Ottley Ave. on Wednesday, January 25, 2012. Funeral services will be held at the at 12:00 p.m. Graveside services will follow at the Elmwood Cemetery.
Arrangements are the direction of Callahan-Edfast Mortuary.
Published in The Daily Sentinel from January 21 to January 22, 2012
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