Individual Details

Marriage

Matilda Husman Married To Emil W. Zimmerman

The wedding of two prominent young people of Jones county occurred last Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at th People's church in Cedar Rapids. At that time Miss Matilda E. Husman, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Husman of Lovell township, was married to Emil W. Zimmerman, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Zimmerman of Wayne township. The marriage was performed by Rev. W. Waldemar Argow, pastor of the People's church. The bride and bridegroom were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Husman of Amber, the former being a brother of the bride, Mrs. Zimmerman looked charming in a gown of blue satin with velvet trimmings. She has been employed in the McDonald hospital in Monticello during the past two years. During her residence here she made many friends who will be glad to extend best wishes to her and her husband. Mr. Zimmerman is a worthy young man of industrious habits and has been assisting his father on the home farm for a number of years. Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman will make their home on the J. H. Zimmerman farm in Wayne township.
[Monticello Express, October 25, 1928]

Death

Emil . Zimmerman 
Wayne Township, Jones County, Iowa 
1909-06-07 to 2000-04-17 
Emil Zimmerman age 90, of Anamosa, died Monday night, April 17, 2000 at the Anamosa Community Hospital, following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held 10:30 Thursday morning, April 20, 2000 at the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church, rural Monticello, with Interment in the Wayne Zion Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 until 8 Wednesday at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. Surviving is his wife, LaVerne, 2 sons, Paul (Grace) Zimmerman, Anamosa, James (Wanda) Zimmerman, Postville, 3 step-children, Don (Betty) Zimmerman, Anamosa, David (Dorothy) Zimmerman, Monticello, Jeannie (Jerry) Jensen, Anamosa, 7 Grandchildren, 7 step-grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, 3 step-great-grandchildren, 2 great-great-grandchildren, a brother, Lester Zimmerman and a sister, Lorene McDonald, both of Monticello. He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, Mathilda, 2 sisters, Eliza Shannon and Clara Rieken, and a brother, Herman Zimmerman. Emil Zimmerman was born June 7, 1909 in Wayne Township, Jones County, Iowa. He was the son of John Henry and Anne Helgens, Zimmerman. He received his education in the rural schools near his home and in the Monticello Community Schools. Emil started farming with his parents in Wayne Township. Emil Zimmerman and Mathilda Husman were married on October 23, 1928 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The couple farmed in Wayne and Cass Township in Jones County. They retired from active farming in 1977. Mathilda preceded him in death on November 28, 1979. Emil married LaVerne Miller Zimmerman on December 29, 1982 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Anamosa. Emil stayed busy besides farming. From 1953 until 1974 he was a German Mutual Insurance Agent. He also was a farm assessor from Jones County. He served as a director for Cass Township School #3, and as a director of the Anamosa Rural Telephone Board, and also worked as a carpenter. When he had time he loved to fish and play cards. The family requests no flowers, memorials be made to the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church.