Carole Somers

Memorial services for Carole A. Somers, 49, Shawnee, will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, at D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Johnson County Chapel, Overland Park. A gathering of family and friends will follow the service. Inurnment will be at a later date in Johnson County Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Somers died Friday, Sept. 30, 2011.
She was born Sept. 20, 1962, in Milwaukee, Wis., the daughter of Jack and Ann Bittman. She graduated in 1980 from Shawnee Mission South High School and later from Kansas University.
Mrs. Somers was a faithful volunteer, coach and field marshal at Shawnee Soccer Club.
She had many roles in management, with her last position at D.W. Newcomer’s Sons.
Survivors include her children, Samantha and Ryan Somers; parents, Jack and Ann Bittman, Waupaca, Wis.; a brother, Tom (Lillian) Bittman, Newtown, Conn.; two sisters, Sally Lynn (Neil) MacDonald, Newtown, Conn., and Katie Hough, Advance, N.C.; a pet parrot, Humphrey; cat, Tiger; and dog, Lebron.
Online condolences may be left at johnsoncountychapel.com.
The family suggests memorials to the Carole Somers Memorial Fund to help with her children’s education, sent in care of the funeral chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS 66210.