Jack Summers' Obituary
Jack Summers, 74, of Vandalia, passed away on October 20, 2015
at Fayette County Hospital ER.
Services for Mr. Summers will be held at 10:00am, Friday,
October 23, 2015 at Unity Baptist Church Hwy 185 Location in
Vandalia,
Visitation will be held from 5:00-8:00pm, Thursday, October 22,
2015 at Unity Baptist Church Hwy 185 Location in Vandalia and also
one hour prior to services at the church Friday.
Burial will follow services in Pilcher Cemetery, rural
Brownstown. Memorials may be made to Vandalia Swimming Pool
(Save the Pool OCF at First National Bank).
Jackson Mearl "Jack" Summers was born October 12, 1941 in
Vandalia, the son of James Henry Francis "Frank" Summers and Velma
Pearl (Jay) Summers. He married Carol "Jeanne" (Williams)
Summers on August 19, 1961. As a kid Jack delivered
newspapers and bucked hay, in his teens he worked at the Johnson
Stephens Shinkle Shoe Factory, he was the owner/operator of Russels
Marathon Gas Station in downtown Vandalia prior to working as a
Correctional Officer for the State of Illinois. After
retirement he helped with his son Jack's Environmental Business
planting over ¾ million trees, removing tree stumps hauling water
and doing snow removal.
He is survived by his wife Jeanne Summers of Vandalia; son Jack
Summers and wife Julie of Vandalia and Omaha, NE; daughter Tammy
Summers-Moreland and husband Rusty Moreland of Ramsey; brothers Jim
Summers and wife Linda, Danny Scholes, David Summers, and Leonard
Scholes; sisters JesseMaxine and husband Bob Crager, Janet Alsbury,
Cora Scholes, Priscella Heiser and husband Max, and Gloria and
husband Carl Sprague; grandsons Ryan Summers, Kenneth O'Shea,
Andrew Potter, Lucas Potter, and Ben Potter; great grandchildren
Aiden and Anna O'Shea; many nieces and nephews; and the family pet
"Mickey".
He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Jerry Summers
and sister Wilma Summers, and two infant siblings.
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