Individual Details

Death

SOURCE: THE ANAMOSA JOURNAL EUREKA...MAY 14, 1980...PAGE 3
LOUIS R. ZIMMERMAN
Louis R. Zimmerman, 66,died Tuesday afternoon, May 6, following a brief illness.
He was born Sept 13, 1913, at Cass township, Jones County, Iowa the son of Ralph and Margaret Brokens Zimmerman. He received his education in the rural Jones county schools.
He was married to LaVerne Miller Jan. 21, 1939 at Wyoming, Iowa and the couple farmed in Cass township until moving to Anamosa in 1969. He was employed in a factory in Monticello for several years before his retirement in 1975.
Louis was well known in this area as a musician, having his own band that played for dances and other occasions.
He is survived by his wife and three children, Donald of Anamosa and David of Monticello and Mrs. Jerry (Jeanne) Jensen of Olin, also surviving are six grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Dirks and Mrs. Sophia Stoffer both of Anamosa.
He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and three sisters.
Funeral services were held Friday, May 9,at 1:30 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran church with burial in the Wayne Zion cemetery at Monticello. Rev. Victor Nelson and Rev. Dick Kling officiated at the services.
Casket bearers ere Galen Eldred, Robert Preston, Albert Johnson, Gene DeLancey, Ralph Harms and Roy Folkerts.