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Ashland Gazette; October 1997
Dr. Rudolph C. Ziegenbein
Dr. R.C. Ziegenbein, 96, of Norfolk, died on Oct. 23. He was born Jan. 9, 1901, in
Memphis to Charles H. and Martha Ziegenbein and was one of eleven children, eight sons and
three daughters. Dr. Ziegenbein, who was known to his friends as “Rudy” completed his
secondary education in Memphis and Ashland, where he graduated in 1920.
He then entered the University of Nebraska College of Dentistry and graduated there in
1925. Before departing the university, Ziegenbein earned a varsity letter in baseball in
1922.
Dr. Ziegenbein practiced dentistry in Beemer and Wisner, before joining the Norfolk
Regional Center. He retired from the Regional Center in 1974. He was a member of the
United Methodist Church of Norfolk and the Norfolk Country Club where he began his
membership in 1946.
Dr. Ziegenbein, along with his seven brothers, belonged to the Sesotris Shrine Temple of
Lincoln and the Ashland Pomegranate Masonic Lodge 110. Ziegenbein and six of his brothers
played in the Shrine Band for a number of years.
Dr. Ziegenbein was married to Margaret Wupper who died March 14, 1977. On November 5,
1983, he married Erma M. Scheibe who died Feb. 6, 1991. He was also preceded in death by
his only child, Charles. Surviving are four grandchildren, Charles Ziegenbein, Merrimac
Mass.; Susan Flint, Plano, Tex.; Laurie Brosnan, Andover, Mass.; and Cathy Ann Kea,
Charlestown, Mass.; and two brothers, Walter of Lakewood, Colo., and Carl of
Ashland. Services are tentatively scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 30, at Memorial Park in
Lincoln.
Roper and Sons Mortuary, Lincoln, in charge of arrangements.
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