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Author: MargieRoopPearce
Surnames: Zizelman, Sutton, Mutter, Schaffer, Mihm
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Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams Co, IN; Thursday, May 16, 1963
John Zizelman Dies After Long Illness
John Zizelman, 67, retired farmer, of Monroeville route 2, died at 6 a.m. Wednesday at
the Veterans Hospital in Fort Wayne following an illness of two years.
He was born in Celina, Ohio, July 29, 1895, a son of William and Matilda
Sutton-Zizelman, and was married to Aria Mutter March 10, 1921.
Mr. Zizelman was a veteran of World War 1, serving 11 months in France and Germany with
the 32nd division. He was a member of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Harrison Township,
Van Wert County, Ohio.
Surviving are his wife; one son, Jack Zizelman of Harrison Township; one granddaughter,
Sharon Zizelman; five brothers, Christ and Richard, both of Celina, Frank of Rockford,
Ohio, and Charlie and Albert, both of Mendon, Ohio, and two sisters, Mrs. Ralph (Mary)
Schaffer of Rockford, and Mrs. Floyd (Alena) Mihm of Celina.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church,
the Rev. Marlin Drake officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery at Rockford.
Friends may call at the H. D. Smith Funeral Home in Convoy, Ohio, after 7 p.m. today.
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