Jeanette Marie Tommer, 78, of Lyons, Kansas, passed away April 3, 2022, at Hospital District #1 of Rice County, Lyons. She was born December 14, 1943, in Dodge City, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph Clem and Helen Cline Langlois. Jeanette has resided in Lyons since 1971, formerly of Kinsley, Kansas. She graduated from Windhorst High School, Windhorst, Kansas, with the class of 1961. Jeanette was a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell, CNA and CMA at various local nursing homes, and a...

Jeanette Marie Tommer, 78, of Lyons, Kansas, passed away April 3, 2022, at Hospital District #1 of Rice County, Lyons. She was born December 14, 1943, in Dodge City, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph Clem and Helen Cline Langlois. Jeanette has resided in Lyons since 1971, formerly of Kinsley, Kansas. She graduated from Windhorst High School, Windhorst, Kansas, with the class of 1961. Jeanette was a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell, CNA and CMA at various local nursing homes, and a Rice County Dispatcher. She was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church, Lyons, and the Sterling American Legion Post #128. On August 17, 1963, Jeanette was united in marriage with Richard Tommer, Sr. in Spearville, Kansas. He survives of the home. She is also survived by her three sons, Rick Tommer and wife Julie of Sterling, KS, Terry Tommer and wife Selena Dawn of Kansas City, KS, and Wayne Tommer of Alden, KS; daughter, Celena Bray and husband Cy of Stilwell, OK; brother, John “Jack” Langlois of Dodge City, KS; sister, Janice Beebe and husband Ken of Littleton, CO; twenty grandchildren, Alexis, Brandon, Trenton, Aydan, Zach, Layne, Audrey, Calvin, Hannah, Shelbie, Chelsie, Tandra, Kevin, Ed, Stasha, Mariah, Jenny, Brandi, Sarah, Maranda; and twenty-six great-grandchildren. Jeanette was preceded in death by her parents; son, Joseph Robert Tommer; daughter, Cindy Rusch; brother and sister-in-law, James and Judy Langlois; and sister-in-law, Thelma Langlois. Funeral mass will be at 10:00 A.M., Friday, April 8, 2022, at St. Paul Catholic Church, Lyons, with Father Michael Brungardt officiating. Burial will be at St. Nicholas Cemetery, Kinsley, Kansas, at a later date. Visitation will be from 6:00 until 7:00 P.M., Thursday, April 7, 2022, at St. Paul Catholic Church, Lyons, with family present. A Parish Rosary will be said at 7:00 P.M. Memorials may be given to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or the St. Paul Altar Society in care of Birzer Funeral Home, Lyons.