Desta Esther SOMMER
- Born: 9 Sep 1888, Jackson Co., WV 2465
- Marriage: Dr. Benjamin Vance BLAGG in Dec 1916 in Athens Co., OH 136
- Died: 27 Oct 1959, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV at age 71 2465
- Buried: 29 Oct 1959, Lone Oak Cemetery, Point Pleasant, Mason Co., WV 2465
Cause of her death was congestive heart failure due to hypertensive arteriosclerotic heart disease.2465
General Notes:
Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV, Wednesday, 28 Oct 1959, p. 23, col. C
Mrs. Blagg Dies At Home
Mrs. Desta Sommer Blagg of 205 Sheridan Circle, South Charleston, wife of Dr. B. V. Blagg, died Tuesday evening at her home after a long illness.
She was a member of the South Charleston First Baptist Church, the South Charleston Eastern Star Lodge, the South Charleston Womans Club, the Fort Hill Garden Club, the Kanawha Medical Society Auxiliary and the Charleston Rose Society.
Also surviving are two sons, Dr. John S. Blagg of South Charleston and Benjamin V. Blagg II of Washington, D.C.; a daughter, Mrs. William Burlingame of Charleston; three brothers, Arville E. Sommer and John W. Sommer, both of South Side and Earle Sommer of Tampa, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Walter Caufman of Gallipolis, Ohio and Mrs. Brooks Tallman of Charleston; and five grandchildren.
The body is at Snodgrass mortuary in South Charleston.
Desta married Dr. Benjamin Vance BLAGG, son of Benjamin Henry BLAGG and Luemma Susan CRAWFORD, in Dec 1916 in Athens Co., OH.136 (Dr. Benjamin Vance BLAGG was born on 1 Jan 1891 in Capehart, Mason Co., WV,2464 died on 9 Jul 1965 in Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV 2464 and was buried on 12 Jul 1965 in Suncrest Cemetery, Point Pleasant, Mason Co., WV 2464.). The cause of his death was paraplegia (left); senility; marked arteriosclerosis.2465
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