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	ZIMMERMAN Marie Krein 2002
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Emmett Duane Yetterboe, 73, Jud, N.D., died Saturday, May 1, 1999, in his home.

Mr. Yetterboe, also known as Chum, was born Aug. 15, 1925, near Jud, where he grew up and attended school. In 1945 he joined the U.S. Navy. After his military discharge in 1946 he returned to the Jud area where he farmed until he retired in 1988.

He is survived by a sister, Fern Pratschner, LaMoure, N.D.

Visitation: Today and Friday from 9 to 5 in Haut Funeral Home, Jamestown. ...

Date: Thu - May 06, 1999
Publication: "Fargo Final Edition"
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Gordon Yetterboe, 79, Gackle, N.D., died Thursday, Feb. 5, 1998, in Mesa, Ariz.

Mr. Yetterboe was born Aug. 16, 1918, in Jud, N.D., where he grew up and attended school. He joined the U.S. Army and served in World War II. On July 12, 1953, he married LaVerne Gohner in Alfred, N.D. They farmed near Alfred until they retired to Gackle in 1986.

He is survived by his wife; four daughters, Angela Yetterboe, Tuba City, Ariz., Cindy Barks, Prescott, Ariz., Shelly Idemmili, Eagan, Minn., Jody Yetterboe, Chaska, Minn.; a brother, Emmett, Jud; two sisters, Fern Pratschner, LaMoure, Lorrayne, Pratschner, Casselton, N.D.; and five grandchildren. ...

Date: Mon - February 09, 1998
Publication: "Fargo Final Edition"
Location: a6


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
Thursday, August 30, 2007

Dorothy Young, 89, Twin Falls, Idaho, died Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007, at her home.

Dorothy Lucile Haffner was born March 1, 1918, in Poctello, Idaho, the daughter of Christ C. and Frederica (Sandau) Haffner. She was baptized on April 13, 1925, in Wishek, N.D. She married Reinhold Schlittenhard on Sept. 10, 1935, in Fullerton, N.D. He died Nov. 15, 1973. She worked at the North Dakota State Hospital, Jamestown, for approximately 18 years, becoming ward manager. She was awarded aide of the year and received the 1968 Certificate of Achievement, Devotion and Skill to the Handicapped and Mentally Ill. She received her GED in 1974. She married Ernest W. Young on April 12, 1975, in Bismarck, N.D., and they moved to Twin Falls in 1976.

She is survived by three daughters, Joyce Peterson, Twin Falls, Betty Stabenow, Binford, N.D., and Sharon Reinhold, Pacific, Wash.; a son, Walter Schlittenhard, Twin Falls; two stepdaughters, Shirley Roemmick, Steele, N.D., and Patricia Carmen, Bismarck; three stepsons, Robert V. Young, Huvelton, N.Y., Robert E. Young, Guthrie, Okla., and Ernest W. Young; two brothers, William, Twin Falls, and Howard, Kulm, N.D.; two sisters, Virginia Grewatz, Sierra Vista, Ariz., and Ella Massie, Twin Falls; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her first husband; her second husband; a stepson, Ernest W. Young Jr.; her parents; four brothers; and two sisters.

Services: 10 a.m. today, Parke’s Magic Valley Funeral Home, Twin Falls, and 1 p.m. Sept. 4, Haut Funeral Chapel, Jamestown.
Burial: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Jamestown.
Memorials: Salvation Army, through the funeral home.


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
Sunday, May 7, 2006

Eva Zeiszler, 98, died May 5, 2006 at the Golden Manor in Steele, ND.

Services will be held at 10:30AM Monday, May 8, 2006 at United Methodist Church in Steele, ND.

Visitation will be Sunday from 6:00 – 9:00 PM at Eastgate Steele Chapel and will continue Monday one hour prior to the service at the church.

Eva Roemmich was born on June 26, 1907 near Streeter, ND, the daughter of Michael and Johanna (Schuler) Roemmich. Eva attended a country school near Streeter. She married Otto Koehler on June 5, 1930 and after his death, she married Henry Zeiszler on October 2, 1948. She and Henry lived in Halliday, ND, until 1982. As a young woman, Eva worked as a waitress at the Stockman’s Café in Billings, MT, and later at the Woodlawn Hotel in Steele, ND. She retired in 1974. In 1982, Eva moved to Steele and then to Butte, MT, in 2004. She moved into the Golden Manor in January of 2006.

Her family, children, and grandchildren were her pride and joy. Eva was always keeping busy making doilies, quilts, dishtowels, and afghans. When she wasn’t doing one of those she was baking or cooking.

Eva is survived by four daughters and three sons-in-law, Edna Wheeler, Billings, MT, Hilda (Chet) Cordell, Golden Valley, AZ, Shirley (Larry) Brusven, Steele, ND, and Mary Ann (Joel) Nore, Cleveland, MN; five sons and four daughters-in-law, William Koehler, Billings, MT, Arnold (Mary) Koehler, Vaughn, MT, Walter (Linda) Koehler, Terry, MT, Leonard (Marion) Koehler, Butte, MT, and Jimmy (Diane) Zeiszler, Jamestown, ND; 25 grandchildren; 54 great-grandchildren; and 24 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husbands, Otto Koehler and Henry Zeiszler; one daughter, Violet; five grandchildren; eight brothers, Henry, Jacob, William, Carl, Peter, August, Edward, and Emmanuel; and one sister, Emma.


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
June 10, 2002

Joseph Zentner, 67, Topeka, Kan., formerly Gackle, N.D., died Thursday, June 6, 2002, at his home.

Mr. Zentner was born Oct. 30, 1934, in Burt, N.D., the son of Jacob and Grace (Stern) Zentner. He lived in Gackle before moving to Topeka, where he lived for 40 years. He was a Korean veteran of the U.S. Navy and served on the USS Cowell. He was a delivery route salesman for various companies, including Coca Cola. He also worked for American Freightways, from which he retired. He was a member of St. Matthew Catholic Church and Capitol Post #1 of the American Legion. He married Phyllis Matchey on Oct. 19, 1962, in Topeka.

He is survived by his wife; a son, Arlen, Topeka; three daughters, JoLeen Zentner, DaVonne Zentner, and LeAnna Zentner, all Portland, Ore.; a brother, Norbert, Green Bay, Wis.; three sisters, Marie Dewald, Streeter, Margaret Rains, Honey Grove, Texas, and Florence Miller, Lemmon, S.D.; and four grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, Jeffrey, on August 11, 1995.

Services: 9 a.m. Monday, St. Matthew Catholic Church, Topeka.
Prayer service: 3 p.m. Sunday, Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home, Topeka.
Visitation: 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Burial: Mount Calvary Cemetery, Topeka, with military honors provided by Ft. Riley.
Memorials: To Stormont-Vail Hospice, 2252 10th St. S.W., Topeka, KS 66604


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
April 30-May 5, 2001

Martha Ziebart, 92, Kulm, N.D., died Thursday, April 26, 2001, at the Ashley (N.D.) Hospital.

Martha Jerke was born Aug. 14, 1908, on the family farm near Fredonia, N.D., the daughter of Gottlieb and Susana (Lenz) Jerke. She grew up and attended rural school in the Fredonia area. She married Edgar Ziebart on March 27, 1927, at Fredonia. The couple farmed in the area until 1975, when they retired and moved to Kulm. He died in 1978. She was active in her church.

She is survived by six sons, Donald, James and Gerald, all Minneapolis, Minn., Larry, Casper, Wyo., Robert (Betty), Fredonia, and Delmar (Jean), Woodville, Wis.; four daughters, Joyce (Harold) Haag, Wishek, N.D., Lucille Mason, Black Hawk, S.D., Betty Dudek, Campbell, Calif., and Norma Collins, Laguna Hills, Calif.; 21 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, a son, three brothers, two sisters and a grandchild.

Services: 10:30 a.m. April 30, Zion Lutheran Church, Kulm, with the Rev. Annette Crickenberger officiating. 
Arrangements by Dahlstrom Funeral Home, Kulm.
Burial: Hillside Cemetery, rural Kulm.


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Denny R. Zillmer, 72, Little Falls, Minn., died July 21, 2007, at his home.

Mr. Zillmer was born Feb. 22, 1935, in Gackle, N.D., the son of Alfred and Mabel Zillmer. He grew up on the family farm near Gackle and attended country school. He entered the U.S. Army in 1952. His tours of duty took him to Germany, Vietnam, Korea and Turkey. He retired from the U.S. Army in 1972 as a sergeant major. He moved to Vining, Minn., and farmed with his sons. He lived in Orange County, California and Sprague River, Ore., for a few years. He then relocated to Little Falls. He was a member of Little Falls American Legion Post #46. He enjoyed model railroading.

He is survived by a daughter, Pamela Fielding, Anaheim Hills, Calif.; three sons, Ronnie, Little Falls, Steven (Kirsten), Northfield, Minn., and Tommy (Hui Chong), Columbia, Md.; three brothers, Glen (Irene), Ulen, Minn., Alfred "Bud" (Joyce), Cleveland, N.D., and Dale (Mary), Henning, Minn.; a sister, Joan Otto, Milltown, Wis.; and nine grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers, Wilbert, Raymond and Wayne.

Memorial service: 3 p.m. Aug. 18, Shelley Funeral Chapel, Little Falls.
Visitation: one hour before the service, Shelley Funeral Chapel, Little Falls.
Military rites by the Little Falls American Legion Post #46.
Burial: Gackle Cemetery, Gackle.


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The funeral for Mable Edna Zillmer, 88, Little Falls, Minn., formerly Gackle, N.D., will be at 2 Sunday in First United Church of Christ, Gackle. She died Thursday, Jan. 11, 1996.

Mable Holland was born April 27, 1907, in Dickey, N.D. She grew up and attended school near Gackle. On July 17, 1924 she married Alfred Zillmer in Gackle. They lived near Cleveland. They later lived in Gackle for a year, then farmed near Cleveland, N.D. In 1937 they moved to Dickey. In 1941 they returned to rural Gackle where they farmed until 1962. They later lived in Cleveland and Medina, N.D., until 1972. They then moved to the family farm near Cleveland. He died in 1976. She moved to Jamestown in 1993, and she moved to Little Falls in April....

Date: Fri - January 12, 1996
Publication: "Fargo Final Edition"
Location: a13


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Duluth News-Tribune (MN)
December 24, 1997

Wayne F. Zillmer, 54, of Cabazon, Calif., died Thursday, Dec. 18, 1997, in his home.

He was born July 2, 1943, in Gackle, N.D. He lived in Duluth from 1965 to 1974 and belonged to the local IBEW for many years. He was a lineman for 38 years, most recently with IBEW Local 1245 of Riverside, Calif. He was also a member of the San Gorgonio Moose Lodge 915.

Survivors include his wife, Brenda M.; sons Timothy Zillmer of Ontario, Wayne Zillmer Jr. of Duluth and James Simpson of Cabazon, Calif.; daughters Jo Ann Garvey of Rockford, Ill., Trina Zillmer and Jodie Simpson of Cabazon, Calif., and Tonna Peterson and Kathy Grafmyre of Duluth; 19 grandchildren; one great-grandson; brothers Wilbert C. Zillmer of Cabazon, Calif., Glenn Zillmer of Ulen, Minn., Donny Zillmer of Little Falls, Minn., Alfred Zillmer Jr. of Cleveland, N.D., and Dale Zillmer of Henning, Minn.; and a sister, Joan Otto of Milltown, Wis.

Visitation: 10 a.m. to the 1:30 p.m. service Friday in Weaver Mortuary in Beaumont, Calif.
Inurnment in Stewart Sunnyslope Cemetery in Beaumont, Calif.


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Bertha F. Zimbleman, 87, Fullerton, N.D., died Sunday, July 11, 1999, in Oakes (N.D.) Good Samaritan Center.

Bertha Klein was born July 7, 1912, in LaMoure, N.D., where she graduated from high school. She attended college in Ellendale, N.D., then taught school near Gackle, N.D. On Sept. 27, 1933, she married Aaron Zimbleman. They farmed near Fullerton. In 1994 he died and she entered the nursing home.

She is survived by three sons, Donald (Ardith), James, both Fullerton, Steven (Holly), Santa Barbara; a brother, Albert (Hulda), LaMoure; a sister, Frieda Handley, Clinton, Mont.; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. ...

Date: Wed - July 14, 1999
Publication: "Fargo Final Edition"
Location: a11


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Edna Zimmerman, 87, Tappen, N.D., died Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, at Napoleon (N.D.) Care Center.

Edna Katherine Gums was born Dec. 27, 1919, southeast of Medina, N.D., the daughter of John J. and Rose (Deile) Gums. She grew up and attended Bloomenfield School in rural Stutsman County. She helped on the farm doing chores and taking care of her brothers, sister and neighborhood children. She taught Sunday school and Bible school. She married Arthur Zimmerman on Oct. 30, 1945, in Streeter, N.D. They purchased his parents’ farm west of Streeter and farmed there until he died in 1981. She entered the Napoleon Care Center on Aug. 15, 2007. She was a member of the Glueckstal Lutheran Church, rural Tappen, and Trinity Lutheran Church, Napoleon. She enjoyed cooking, crocheting, embroidering, reading and writing letters and taking pictures.

She is survived by two sons, LeRoy, Tappen, and Steven (Kimberly), Fargo, N.D.; two daughters, Twyla Zimmerman, Tappen, and MoDean (David) Dick, Bismarck, N.D.; a sister, Gladys (Mike) Mickelson, Fargo; and four grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and six brothers, Jacob, Gideon, Alvin, Norman, Edwin and Milton.

Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Trinity Lutheran Church, Napoleon.
Visitation: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, Dahlstrom Funeral Home, Napoleon.
Burial: Glueckstal Lutheran Cemetery, Tappen.


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
Monday, November 27, 2006

Edward Zimmerman, 80, Jamestown, died Sunday, Nov. 26, 2006, at Jamestown Hospital, Jamestown. Mr. Zimmerman was born July 25, 1926, in Napoleon, N.D., the son of Carl and Marie (Sukut) Zimmerman. He attended country school in the Napoleon area. He served in the Korean War from December 1950 to September 1952. He married Viona Mittleider on Oct. 3, 1953. They lived on a farm south of Tappen, N.D., until 1966, when they moved to Jamestown. He worked for the North Dakota State Hospital until he retired in 1991. He also worked part time for Sukut Construction until 1995. He was a member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Jamestown. He enjoyed working in his yard and reading.

He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Sylvia (Ron) Martin, Pettibone, N.D., Kathy (Bob) Mueller, Lincoln, Neb., and Laura, Fargo, N.D.; a son, Jerome (Lynn), Spiritwood, N.D.; a brother, Isador (Evelyn), Bismarck, N.D.; three sisters, Edna Backhaus, Bismarck, and Betty Deane and Alma (George) McCollough, both Minneapolis, Minn.; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, Rueben, Gay, Walter and Alvin; and a sister, Ruth Rau.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Jamestown, with the Rev. Gary Ball-Killbourne officiating.
Visitation: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Eddy Funeral Home, Jamestown.
Burial: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Jamestown.


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
September 4, 2002

Ella Zimmerman, 97, Mesa, Ariz., formerly Jamestown, died Sunday, Sept. 1, 2002, at Neeley Hospice House, Gilbert, Ariz.

Ella F. Kempf was born Aug. 20, 1905, at Kulm, N.D., the daughter of Fred and Justina (Brost) Kempf. She grew up and attended school in Kulm, graduating from Kulm High School in 1922. She attended Mayville (N.D.) State College, graduating in 1924, with a teaching certificate. She taught school for eight years in Kulm. She married John R. Zimmerman on June 15, 1932, at Detroit Lakes, Minn. They lived at Kulm. In 1948 they moved to Jamestown. She helped in starting the Stutsman County Book Mobile and helped run the book mobile for many years. She was a member of First Congregational United Church of Christ, Women's Fellowship, Jamestown, and was past president of the Singles Club, Mesa. She enjoyed embroidery, knitting and reading.

She is survived by a son, Delano, Grand Forks, N.D.; a daughter, Jonelle (William) Griffin, Mesa; seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her stepfather, Charles Pfeiffer; and two brothers.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, First Congregational United Church of Christ, Jamestown, N.D., with Rev. Terri Akkerman officiating.
Visitation: One hour before the service at the church.
Burial: Highland Home Cemetery, Jamestown.


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
November 26, 2001

Emil "Bumski" Zimmerman, 92, Gackle, N.D., died Thursday, Nov. 22, 2001, at Napoleon (N.D.) Care Center.

Mr. Zimmerman was born Oct. 29, 1909, at the family farm northwest of Gackle, the son of Gottlieb and Jacobina (Kerner) Zimmerman. He attended the local rural school and received his elementary education. At age 16, he moved with his family to Gackle, where he grew up and worked various jobs. He operated a cream station and later started the first bowling alley in town. He married Annetta (Tiede) Holmstrom Feb. 1, 1980, in Gackle. They lived in Gackle.

He is survived by his wife; a son, Delen (Marge), Mobile, Ala., two stepdaughters, Audrey (Richard) Smeins, Langford, S.D., and Angela (Brian) Monsebroten, Grand Forks, N.D.; five stepsons, Dale (Debbie) Holmstrom, Gackle, Kevin (Tracy) Holmstrom, Bismarck, N.D., Scott (Nadine) Holmstrom, Streeter, N.D., and Steven Holmstrom and Dan Holmstrom, both Minneapolis, Minn.; two sisters, Alice Nitschke, Gackle, and Elta (Jake) Sommerfeld, Longview, Wash.; three grandsons and 12 stepgrandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Christine, his second wife, Minnie; two brothers, Ed and Rueben; two sisters, Ruby Griffith and Emma Sommerfeld.

Services: 3:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, Grace Baptist Church, Gackle, with the Rev. Jim Dick officiating.
Arrangements by Haut Funeral Homes, Gackle.
Burial: Gackle Cemetery, Gackle.


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Ida Zimmerman, 94, Jamestown, died Monday, Aug. 7, 2006, at Central Dakota Village, Jamestown.

Ida Becker was born March 28, 1912, on the family farm, 12 miles east of Napoleon, N.D., the daughter of Henry H. and Katherine (Kogler) Becker. She grew up and attended school in Dixon Township, Logan County, North Dakota. She married Jake Zimmerman on May 12, 1936, at the Baptist church in Streeter, N.D. They lived in Hardin, Mont., for a few months where she worked at Sugar Beets restaurant. They returned to North Dakota and farmed east of Napoleon. They moved to Jamestown in 1953. She worked at the North Dakota State Hospital from 1954 until May 30, 1976, when she retired. He died Dec. 27, 1982. She entered Central Dakota Village in 2000. She enjoyed cooking German food, gardening and sewing.

She is survived by a daughter, Arlene Johnson, Jamestown; a brother, Eddie, Jamestown; two grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.

She was preceded in death by her husband; a son-in-law, Robert Johnson; a sister, Tillie Lang; and a brother, Art.

Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church, Jamestown, with the Rev. David Thompson officiating.
Visitation: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, Eddy Funeral Home, Jamestown.
Burial: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Jamestown.


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Lodi News-Sentinel, CA
Jan 7, 1958 page 7

"Jacob Zimmerman dies in Lodi Home"

Jacob Zimmerman, 54 - Rte 1 box 327, Smith Rd., died yesterday at his home following a short illness. He was a native of Gackle, ND.

Mr. Zimmerman has resided in the Lodi area for the past 21 years. He was a member of Temple Baptist church.

He leaves his widow, Metha Zimmerman and the following children; Mrs Winifred Lippert, St Francis KS, Kenneth Zimmerman, Lodi; three grandchildren.

Surviving brothers & sisters include: Mrs Bertha Fricke, Bismarck ND, Mrs Emma Larson, Fargo ND; Harold Zimmerman, Gackle, ND; Christ Zimmerman, Lodi; Mrs Ruth Lehr, Acampo; Mrs Lydia Mueller, Lodi; and Mrs Alta Vigario, Lodi. His step mother, Mrs Katherine Zimmerman of Gackle, ND also survives.

The family requests that remembrances be in the form of donations to the Temple Bapt church. Wells funeral home in charge. Buried at Cherokee memorial park.


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Gackle Tri-County News, ND
March 9, 1967

Mrs. Jacobina Zimmerman, 79, wife of the late Gottlieb Zimmerman and longtime resident of the Gackle Community died Tuesday afternoon February 28, 1967 at the Baptist Home For The Aged in Bismarck, N. Dak. where she had resided for about three years.

Jacobina Kerner was born August 2, 1887 at Yankton, S. Dak. The daughter of John Kerner and Fredericka Herman Kerner. At an early age in 1887, she came with her parents to North Dakota, where they settled on a farm homestead in Stutsman County northwest of Gackle. She attended the local rural school and grew to womanhood on her parents farm.

She and Gottlieb Zimmerman were married April 9, 1905, at the Bloomenfeld Church northwest of Gackle. They began farming north of his fathers farm seven miles northwest of Gackle. After farming in the Gackle Community for many years, they moved to Jamestown where he worked at the State Hospital. In 1947 they moved to Gackle for their retirement. Following the death of her husband in 1949, she continued to live in Gackle until moving to the Baptist Home for the Aged.

She was a member of the Grace Baptist Church and Ladies Aid in Gackle.

Surviving are her children, Edward Zimmerman, Streeter, N.Dak., Emma (Mrs. Emanual Sommerfeld), Ruby (Mrs. Marion Griffith), both of Los Angeles, Calif., Emil Zimmerman, Alice (Mrs. Otto Ammon), both of Gackle, N. Dak., Ruben Zimmerman, Bridger, Mont., Elda (Mrs. Jake Sommerfeld), Vancouver, Wash., thirteen grandchildren, twenty-two great grandchildren, one brother Gust Kerner, Billings, Mont., three sisters, Lydia (Mrs. Gus Ammon), Jamestown, N.Dak., Helen (Mrs. Oscar Brosz), Ida (Mrs. Otto Geohring), both of Gackle, N.Dak.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two brothers, and three sisters.

The funeral service for Mrs. Jacobina Zimmerman, Gackle, N.D., was held on Monday, March 6, 1967 at the Grace Baptist Church in Gackle with Rev. R. C. Stading, pastor officiating. He was assisted by Rev. A. W. Bibelheimer, Chaplain of the Baptist Home for the Aged in Bismarck, N.D. Mrs R. C. Stading played a program of organ music as friends and relatives assembled and left the church, and accompanied a duet, Mrs. Lloyd Janke and Mrs. Lloyd Schaffer who sang "Near to the Heart of God" and "I Know Who Holds Tomorrow".

The pallbearers were Gust Ammon, Oscar Brosz, Otto Geohring, John Zimmerman, Theo. Zimmerman and Ray Zimmerman.

Burial was in the Gackle Cemetery at Gackle, N.D., with the Haut Funeral Home at Gackle in charge of arrangements.

Relatives attending from out-of-state were Mrs. Emanuel Sommerfeld of Whittier, Calif.; Mrs. Marion Griffith of LaPuente, Calif.; Mrs. Jake Sommerfeld, Vancouver, Wash.; Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Zimmerman, Bridger, Mont.; Mrs. J. W. Bales, Billings, Mont.; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zimmerman, Eureka, S.D., and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Brosz, Slayton, Minn.


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Katie Schopp Zimmerman, 90, Napoleon, N.D., died Monday, March 30, 1998, in Wishek (N.D.) Hospital.

Katie Stelzer was born Aug. 13, 1907, near Streeter, N.D., where she grew up and attended school. On March 20, 1928, she married Adam Schopp in Lehr, N.D. They farmed near Lehr, before moving to Timber Lake, S.D., where they farmed. They returned to Streeter. He died in 1946. On Dec. 10, 1952, she married Ed Zimmerman in Jamestown, N.D. They lived in Gackle, N.D., before returning to Streeter in 1964. He died in 1986 and she entered Napoleon Care Center in 1997.

She is survived by a son, Lloyd (Violet), Streeter; a daughter, Doris ...

Date: Wed - April 01, 1998
Publication: "Fargo Final Edition"
Location: c2


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
October 28, 2002

Marie Zimmerman, 75, Napoleon, N.D., died Friday, Oct. 25, 2002, at Medcenter One, Bismarck, N.D.

Marie Krein was born Jan. 22, 1927, near Gackle, N.D., the daughter of Theobold and Carolina (Benz) Krein. She grew up and attended school in the Gackle area and moved to Napoleon in the fall of 1948. She married Hilbert Zimmerman on June 12, 1949, in Napoleon. They lived in the Napoleon area, where she was a homemaker and he operates a sheet metal shop. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.

She is survived by her husband; a son, Larry, Napoleon; three daughters, Sandy Hominick, Brandon, Manitoba, Pal Myra (Keith) Taylor, Ham Lake, Minn., and Carol (Gary) Johnson, St. Paul, Minn.; and five grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; six brothers, Theobold Jr., Art, Gottleib, Fred, Benjamin and Rueben; and three sisters, Carolina Fandrick, Christine Wirrenga and Lorraine Heupel.

Services: 2 p.m. today, Trinity Lutheran Church, Napoleon, with the Rev. Richard Hagestuen officiating.
Visitation: one hour before the service at the church.
Burial: Napoleon City Cemetery, Napoleon.


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Gackle Tri-County News, ND
July 18, 1968

Zimmerman Services Held

Mrs. Rosina Zimmerman, 91, longtime resident of Jamestown, North Dakota died late Thursday morning July 11, 1968 at the Hi-Acres Manor in Jamestown, where she had resided during the past five years.

Rosina Karch was born October 15, 1876 in Gandenfeld, South Russia, the daughter of Jacob Karch and Louise Schroth Karch.  During early childhood her parents died and at the age of 13 years in 1889 she came to the United States with her sister, when they settled at Eureka, South Dakota.  On March 1, 1898 she and Andrew Zimmerman were married at Eureka, South Dakota where they lived for one year.  In 1899 they came to North Dakota where they settled on a farm homestead four miles northwest of Gackle in Stutsman County.  In the year 1906 they moved into Gackle, where her husband was engaged in various businesses.  In 1942 they moved into Jamestown for their retirement.  Following the death of her husband July 21, 1950, she continued to live there.

Surviving are her son, J. A. Zimmerman, 515 N. W. 12th Street, Jamestown; seven grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren and one great great grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two sons, Gottlieb in 1963 and Albert in 1961, four sisters and two step brothers.

The funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, July 15, 1968 at the First Baptist Church in Jamestown with Rev. H. Walter Trim, pastor, officiating.

Burial was in the family plot in Highland Home Cemetery in Jamestown.


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The Oregonian 
Portland, OR
May 31, 2001

A funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday, June 1, 2001, in Rose City Funeral Home for Walter C. Zimmerman, who died May 28 at age 80.

Mr. Zimmerman was born Jan 19, 1921, in Napoleon N.D., and moved to Portland in 1941. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps. For 32 years he was an accounting and business administrator for General Electric, retiring in 1978. He then worked for Independent Distributors for seven years. A member of Trinity Baptist Church, he married Marilyn Hillius in 1947.

Survivors include his wife; daughters, Edie Ireland and Lynn Zimmerman-Lind; sons, Greg and Doug; sisters, Alma McCollough, Edna Backhaus and Betty Deane; brothers, Alvin, Edward and Isador; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Interment in Rose City Cemetery. Remembrances to American Cancer Society.
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Napoleon Homestead, ND
June 6, 2001

Walter C. Zimmerman, 80, Portland, OR, died May 28, 2001. The funeral was June 1.

Walter was born Jan. 19, 1921 at Napoleon, son of Carl A. and Marie (Sukut) Zimmerman. He was raised and educated in Napoleon, graduating from Napoleon High School.


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