David George Sommers

David George Sommers was a farmer and longtime factory worker from Dundas, Minnesota, who spent nearly his entire life in the Rice County community where he was born. He was not a public figure in the national sense, and no Wikipedia article or broad biographical record exists for him. What is known about his life comes from the obituary published by his family through Bierman, Benson and Langehough Funeral Home and Crematory of Northfield, Minnesota, and from the Northfield Funeral Home's own listing, both of which went public in the days after his death.

Sommers was born on September 8, 1934, at a hospital in Faribault, Minnesota, to Walter and Merle (Taylor) Sommers, who made their home in nearby Dundas. He served in the United States Army from 1956 to 1959. After his military service he returned home and bought the house and land next to his parents' property, where he farmed alongside his father, continuing a family tradition of working the land in Rice County.

In 1962 he married Helen, and the couple raised four children together. For nearly 40 years, Sommers worked at Sheldahl, a Northfield area manufacturing company, while also maintaining the family farm, a combination his family's obituary describes as reflecting his strong work ethic. He was remembered by those who knew him as a natural problem solver and a jack of all trades, able to fix almost anything. In 2002 he began a relationship with Linda Kooyer, described in his obituary as his special friend, a companionship that lasted 25 years.

Sommers died on Thursday, November 12, 2026, in Dundas, Minnesota, at the age of 92, following what his family's obituary describes only as a brief stay in the hospital. No specific cause of death has been made public. His death was announced through the obituary arranged by his family with Bierman, Benson and Langehough Funeral Home and Crematory. A visitation is scheduled to be held on November 28, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home in Northfield, Minnesota.

Because Sommers lived a private life centered on his family, his farm and his decades of work at Sheldahl, he was known primarily within his own community rather than to the wider public. His family's published remembrance stands as the main record of his life available at this time.