Born in Kissimmee, Kathryn was a lifelong resident of Central Florida. She was a member of First Methodist Church of Winter Park. She was a former president of Winter Park Woman's Club and member of the Board of Trustees of Winter Park Memorial Hospital and Winter Park Public Library Board. Survivors: daughters, Jane M. Dommerich, Palm Beach, Ann Saurman, Winter Park; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Carey Hand Cox Parker Funeral Home, Winter Park.

Mrs. Henry J. Sommer was also a member of the First Friday Book Club - the longest running book club in Central Florida - for over twenty years. She joined the club in 1963 as Kathryn Morgan and was last mentioned in this notation in the club minutes: "Kathryn Morgan Sommer died summer of 1998."