Gloria M. Zimmerman
Obituaries-Mobridge / Posted Jul 30, 2021 | 9:13 AM / 828 views
Gloria M. Zimmerman, 93, Java, SD, died Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at the Bowdle Nursing Home. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM, Monday, August 2, 2021 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Java, led by Pastor Mary Lou Gruebele. Interment follows at the Church Cemetery. Usher will be Carlyle Bieber and organist will be Carol Fiedler. The congregation will sing “Just as I Am” and “I Need Thee Every Hour”. Curtis Bollinger will sing “On Eagle’s Wings” and “Amazing Grace”.
Visitation commences 5:00 PM Sunday at Lien Funeral Chapel, Selby, SD, with a 6:00 PM prayer service.
Gloria’s funeral will be livestreamed on the Lien Family Funeral Care Facebook page and be available Tuesday night at this website.
Gloria Mureen Schlepp, daughter of Christina (Wolff) and Samuel Schlepp, was born ½ mile south of Java on April 21, 1928. She attended Java Public School, graduating from JHS in 1946. She furthered her education at Northern State Teachers College in Aberdeen, SD during the summer of 1946 and then taught rural school that fall. Gloria married Ernest Zimmerman at Java on June 12, 1949. She continued taking extension and correspondence courses as well as attending summer school eventually completing requirements for her Elementary Teaching Degree in 1971. Gloria taught a total of 33 years in rural schools, Java Public School, and the Glenham Elementary School (for one year). Gloria retired in 1991. In retirement she spent lots of time volunteering at the Java Public Library. She was a lifelong, active member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Java where she was baptized, confirmed, and married. She served in the Ladies group, was secretary of the Church Council, and taught Sunday school and Bible School. She enjoyed traveling having made numerous trips to Gainesville, GA and touring the SE part of the US with her daughter, Patanna.
Gloria is survived by her son, Brad (Carol) Zimmerman, of Gainesville; and two grandsons (whose births were among Gloria’s greatest joys)—Alexander Zimmerman and Evan Zimmerman of Gainesville.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest, on January 15, 1986; her daughter, Patanna, on May 18, 2005; her father, Samuel, on November 24, 1983; her mother, Christina, on January 10, 1954; her twin brother, Clarence; and her ½ brother Erven Aman.
Gloria’s family prefers memorials to St. Paul Lutheran Church, 3107 Chicago St., Java, SD 57452 or to the Aberdeen Area Humane Society, 2511 385th Ave S, Aberdeen, SD 57401.
Honorary bearers will be the Staff at the Bowdle Nursing Home, Gloria’s home the past six years.
Casketbearers will be Todd Biel and Dan Bauer of Java; Dick Biel of Huron, SD; Richard Mueller of Casselton, ND; and Gloria’s grandsons—Alexander and Evan.
Services are in care of Lien Funeral Home, Bowdle.