ZIEBELL, Clarence 1917-2002

ZIEBELL, HEITZ, CLARK

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 1/30/2009 at 21:18:32

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CLARENCE ZIEBELL

CHARLES CITY, IOWA - Clarence Ziebell, 85, of 2065 Noble Ave., died Wednesday (Dec. 18, 2002) at his residence.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Hauser Funeral Home, 1205 S. Main St., Charles City, with the Rev. Solomon Odoom, pastor of West St. Charles United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in West St. Charles Cemetery with a flag presentation by the Charles City Ceremonial Unit.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Hauser Funeral Home, where there will be a prayer service at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue from 9 a.m. until time of service Saturday at the funeral home.

Hauser Funeral Home, (641) 228-2323.

Globe Gazette, Dec. 20, 2002

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Clarence Ziebell, 85, a resident of 2065 Noble Avenue, Charles City, died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002, at his residence.

Funeral services for Clarence Ziebell will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City. The Rev. Solomon Odoom, pastor of West St. Charles United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in the West St. Charles Cemetery. There will be a flag presentation by the Charles City Ceremonial Unit.

Friends may call at the Hauser Funeral Home from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday where there will be a Prayer Service at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue Saturday morning from 9 a.m. until service time.

Clarence Emil Ziebell was born Dec. 5, 1917, in Rockford Township, Rockford, the son of Emil and Clara (Heitz) Ziebell. He received his education in the rural schools of Ulster Township. Clarence was baptized and confirmed in the West St. Charles United Methodist Church where he remained a member. His love of farming was evidenced at an early age when he began raising hogs and farming ground owned by his grandmother in addition to helping on the family farm.

On March 2, 1942, Clarence enlisted in the United States Army. He served without furlough until his discharge on Sept. 11, 1945. He was stationed in England as an Airplane Armorer 911 servicing Fighter planes. He was awarded the Air Medal for participating as a waist gunner in the Shuttle Mission of Bombers and P51 Mustang Fighters from England to Russia. T. Sgt. Ziebell and his crews rearmed and repaired the Mustangs for their flight from Russia to Italy and returned home by way of Cairo and Casablanca.

On Oct. 18, 1945, he was united in marriage to Betsy Clark at the Grace United Methodist Church in Floyd. A 50 year celebration and renewal of marriage vows was hosted there in October of 1995 by their children. Clarence enjoyed field work in addition to raising and milking registered Guernsey cattle, farrowing one hundred sows each year and feeding and marketing the swine. He was a member of the Dairy Herd Improvement Association and served on the Board. Clarence also was a member of the Floyd County Pork Producers Association and was named Floyd County Pork Producer of 1971 and an Iowa Master Pork Producer in 1972.

He served on the Floyd County Extension Council and frequently was called on to check the swine barns at the Floyd County Fair. Clarence was also a member of the American Legion, Farm Bureau, and the 4th Fighter Group of the 8th Air Force in which he served during W.W. II.

Living family members include his wife, Betsy, of Charles City; a son, Robert Lovejoy (Dorothy) of Carthage, Mo.; two daughters, Mary Lou Lindaman (John R.) of Marion; and Betty Jo Wilson (Randy) of Webster City; nine grandchildren, Steven, Anthony, Michael and Patrick Lovejoy, John C., Amy Jo, William, Shane and Sarah Lindaman and 10 great grandchildren; his sister, Ruth Horkman of Rockford; and four nephews and a niece.

His parents preceded him in death.