Robert Frank Zink (2020)
ESTEL, FLANAGAN, HAGER, NEEL, NEWMAN, NEWMEISTER, NICHOLS, PEARSON, ZINK
Posted By: Shirley Keating
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:03:20
Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
November 4, 2020
Page 5, Column 1Robert Frank Zink
Robert Frank Zink, 96, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, originally of Winterset, Iowa, passed away Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at St. Luke’s Hospital. A public visitation will be 1-2 p.m. today (Wednesday, Nov. 4) at the Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories. A private family service will take place at the Chapel of Memories, with burial following at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. A livestream for this service can be viewed at client.tribucast.com/tcid/77233173 at 2 p.m. on Nov. 4.
As mandated by proclamation, social distancing must be practiced which requires a limited number of people to be allowed into the visitation at one time. The use of face masks or shields is required.
Robert was born on Oct. 14, 1924, in Boone, Iowa, to Simon and Georgia (Neel) Zink. He lived in Winterset and graduated from Winterset High School. After high school, he attended one year at the University of Iowa.
In 1943 he enlisted into the United States Navy, and served three years in the Pacific theater onboard the destroyer escort USS Suesens. After his honorable discharge in 1946 he returned home and met the love of his life Marcelene Estel. He went to work at Northwestern Bell Telephone Company as a lineman, where he would advance to retire as a senior manager after 38 years.
He volunteered and served many years for several organizations: St. Luke’s Hospital, Hospice, First Presbyterian Church in Cedar Rapids, and American Legion Post 727 Honor Guard. He was also an active member of the Masonic Lodge, Civitan, and Telephone Pioneers of America.
He had many hobbies including wine making, cooking, hunting, fishing, golf, gardening, and traveling.
Robert is survived by his children, Robert (Sheree) Zink of Lafayette, Colo., and Marcia (John) Newmeister of Tulsa, Okla.; grandchildren, Joy (Sean) Flanagan of London, England, Julie (Joe) Newman of Bixby, Okla., Katie Zink of Portland, Ore., and Rachel Zink of Los Angeles, Calif.; great-grandchildren, Jackson Newman of Bixby, Okla., and Iyla Flanagan of London, England; and his sister, Gigi Nichols of Colorado Springs, Colo.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Marcelene; siblings, Charles Zink, Bernadine Hager, Doris Pearson, Bill Zink, and Harold Zink.
Memorial donations may be directed to UnityPoint St. Luke’s Hospice in Cedar Rapids.
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