Zimmerman, Sadie I. (1923 – 2011)

ZIMMERMAN, ROCK, BOGS, ALPEN, SINDT, OLES, SLAGLE, MESSERSCHMIDT

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/4/2013 at 17:02:51

Name of deceased: Sadie Irene Zimmerman (nee Rock)

Aged: 88 yrs, 4 days

Residence: Shelby, IA

Born: July 31, 1923, Shelby, IA

Died: Aug. 4, 2011, Myrtue Medical Center, Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, First Presbyterian Church, Shelby, IA; Pastor Al Hazelton of First Assembly of God, Harlan, IA, officiated; burial at Shelby Cemetery, Shelby, IA.

Survived by: Daughters. Diane (spouse, Jody) Oles of Round Lake Beach, IL, and Peggy (spouse, Dennis) Slagle of Dunlap, IA; sister, Esther Messerschmidt of Neola, IA; 11 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Albert W. and Mary M. (nee Bogs) Rock; husband, Ralph William Zimmerman (deceased Nov. 29, 1989, Council Bluffs, IA); brothers, LaVerne Rock, Gerald Rock, and Harry Rock; sister, Betty Alpen; daughter, Thelma Sindt; son, Delmon Zimmerman

Education: Walnut Grove #4 country school through Grade 8

Marriage: Ralph William Zimmerman, July 31, 1941, Papillion, NE

Employment: After she left school, she worked as a hired girl for new mothers until her marriage; 1958-1962: sold Avon, Stanley products, and Playhouse Toys; 1972-1982: employed as bookkeeper for Fullerton Lumber in Avoca and Shelby, IA.

Hobbies/Interests: collected matchbooks, owls, pens and pencils, and buttons; liked to make hand-tied quilts; enjoyed travel with spouse; active member of the First Presbyterian Church in Shelby, IA, since 1950 and had served as church treasurer for 13 years, a Sunday School teacher and superintendent, and was a member of the ladies group; on March 2, 1988, Sadie was honored to be recommended for the Degree of Chivalry of Rebekah Lodge #140, Shelby, IA

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