Zimmerman, Gerald Joseph (1953 – 2007)

ZIMMERMAN, ENGQUIST, LEAL, SULLIVAN

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 9/19/2013 at 20:13:06

Name of deceased: Gerald Joseph Zimmerman

Aged: 53 yrs, 11 mo, 8 days

Residence: Aurora, CO

Born: Dec. 30, 1953, in Harlan, IA

Died: Dec. 8, 2007, at his home

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007, St. Boniface Catholic Church, Westphalia, IA; Father John Dorton officiated. Burial was at St. Boniface Cemetery in Westphalia, IA.

Survived by: Wife of 23 years, Cindy, and son, Joshua, both of Aurora, CO; brothers, Joe Zimmerman of Catoosa, OK, James Zimmerman of Gardner, KS, and Elmer Zimmerman of La Canada, CA; mother-in-law, Irene Engquist of Omaha, NE; sisters-in-law, Shelley (spouse, Tom) Leal of Bellevue, NE, and Tammy Engquist of Omaha, NE; nieces; nephews; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Roman and Patricia (nee Sullivan) Zimmerman

Education: Gerald attended school in Manilla, IA

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: no information provided

Marriage: Cindy Engquist; May 26, 1984; Papillion, NE

Employment: Gerald left the farm in 1973 and moved to the Omaha area and started working as a cashier at a gas station in Papillion, NE. Gerald bought a dump truck and was self-employed for many years. He got tired of the difficulties, so he went to work for Sapp Brothers, driving a fuel truck.

After their marriage, Cindy complained of the long hours Gerald was working at Sapp Brothers, so he went to work for the City of Papillion (NE) in the parks and recreation department. When Cindy’s job transferred them to Aurora, CO in 1990, he went to work for the City of Aurora in the water department. Later, Gerald decided to go back to driving a truck so he went to work at LaFarge, delivering concrete. One son, Joshua Bruce, was born in 1993. Gerald devoted himself to being a wonderful father and husband. He decided to be a stay-at-home dad as Joshua was Gerald’s pride and joy.

Gerald suffered a stroke in Feb. 2006 and was not able to work. Even though he never fully recovered, he still enjoyed tinkering with his cars and bought old snow blowers and lawn mowers and refurbished them.

Hobbies/Interests: enjoyed taking walks, hiking, and going to the mountains. He also enjoyed collecting John Deere tractors and toys.

Sources: pauleyjones.com, ancestry.com