Smokejumper Obituary: Sommers, Dean L. (Missoula 1945)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Dean died at the age of 79 at his home in Canton, Ohio, on Sept. 8, 2005. He was the youngest of ten children and only two survive him. His father died when he was ten, and Dean had to quit school early to support his mother. He was a hard-working individual all his life. Dean was a member of the Mennonite Church and was drafted into Civilian Public Service in early 1945 from Louisville, Ohio, where his occupation at that time was listed as "Farmer." During the war years he worked in mental hospitals and was a CPS-103 smokejumper at Missoula during the 1945 fire season where he got seven training and three fire jumps.

Identifier

Sommers_Dean-L_Missoula_1945

Publication Date

January 2006

Keywords

Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Sommers, Dean L. (Missoula 1945)" (2006). Smokejumper Obituaries. 1107.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/1107