Sonja R Summers Obituary (1937

Sonja Roberta Ballinger Summers, 85, of Farmer City, passed away October 26, 2023, at Farmer City Rehab & Nursing Home. Visitation will be held from 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 4, 2023, at Calvert-Belangee-Bruce Funeral Home, Farmer City. Her funeral service will follow at 2:00 p.m. also at the funeral home. The burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Farmer City. Sonja was born November 16, 1937, in Detroit, MI, a daughter of Glenn Brown and Karleen Roberta Grise Ballinger. She married James LeRoy Summers on 8/10/1958 in Decatur, Illinois. James passed away in 1992. Survived by two children - Dr. Troy (Deanna, deceased) Summers of Janesville, MN and Tori (Dan) Homann of Farmer City, 4 grandchildren - DJ (Ashley) Homann of Monticello, Dr. Kate (Cody) Johnson of Louisville, Lindsay (Ryan) Stamper of Columbus, OH and Dr. Lauren Summers of Madison, WI. Also surviving are 2 great-granddaughters, Hadley Homann and Everly Homann, and one great-grandson, Jayden Johnson. Preceded in death by her husband, parents, 2 sisters Sandra Augustine and Connie Baker, daughter-in-law Deanna Summers. Sonja Graduated from Stephen Decatur High School in 1955 and become a Registered Nurse in 1958, graduating from the Decatur Macon County Hospital School of Nursing. Sonja spent most of her nursing career at John Warner Hospital in Clinton, Illinois, retiring after 35+ years of service. She was a member of Trinity Community Fellowship Church, Farmer City, and the Woodlawn Country Club, Farmer City. She loved reading, knitting, crocheting, plastic canvas, and golf. Sonja loved her family with a passion, always willing to serve and support them. She enjoyed attending her grandchildren's sporting events, concerts, band competitions and many other school events, even volunteering as a member of the marching band pit crew. She spent many hours making craft items to help raise money for school functions and volunteered at the Simply Saved Thrift Store in Janesville, MN. Sonja was quite proud of the fact that all four of her grandchildren graduated as valedictorians of their high school classes. Memorial contributions can be made to the Simply Saved Thrift Store in Janesville, MN.