Helen Marie Summers, 91, of Olney, died Monday, December 21, 2009, at Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney.  Services at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home with Rev. Father Jerry Wirth officiating. Entombment in Haven Hill Mausoleum in Olney.

Mrs. Summers was born November 28, 1918, in Olney, the daughter of Ernest and Marie (Robards) Hendershott. She married James R. "Bob" Summers on November 1, 1939. He preceded her in death Arpil 7, 2004.

She was retired from the State of Illinois Unemployment Office.

Mrs. Summers is survived by her son, James Robert Summers II and his wife, Marsha, of McKinney, Texas; son, Stephen Howard Summers and his wife, Donna, of Sherwood, Wisc.; sister, Evelyn Moore and her husband, Victor, of Olney; four grandchildren, Todd Summers, of McKinney, Texas, Stephen Summers, of Waunakee, Wisc.; Andrew Summers, of Denver, Colo., and Christina Summers, of Appleton, Wisc.; and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest and Marie Hendershott, and her husband, James R. "Bob" Summers.

Published in Olney Daily Mail (IL)