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Surnames: Zimmerman, Stevens, Babcock, Slater
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THE DAILY STAR (Oneonta, NY) Monday, August 31, 1998
Edwin A. Zimmerman
GILBOA — Edwin A. Zimmerman, 87, of Porn Road in the town of Gilboa, died Saturday, Aug.
29, 1998, at his residence.
He was born June 19, 1911, in New Jersey, the son of Charles and Lillian Zimmerman.
He was married to Virginia Stevens on April 23, 1940, in Grand Gorge.
Edwin moved from New Jersey when he was 11 years old and attended school at the Red School
House on Peters Road in Harpersfield. He lived on Porn Road in Gilboa most of his life,
and for 27 years was employed by the town of Gilboa Highway Department.
Edwin was a devoted husband and father and enjoyed hunting and fishing.
He is survived by his wife, Virginia Zimmerman of Gilboa; two daughters and sons-in-law,
Barbara and Bob Babcock of Honeoye, and Betty and Paul Slater of Winsted, Conn.; two sons
and daughter-in-law, Edwin J. and Genevieve Zimmerman of Gilboa, and Donald A. Zimmerman
of Gilboa; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by a son, Harold, and a great-grandson, Zacheria.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, 1998, at the Hall Funeral Home,
142 W. Main St., Stamford with the Rev. Richard Elder, pastor of the Hobart United
Methodist Church, officiating.
The burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery at Grand Gorge.
Friends may call at the funeral home at their convenience this afternoon and evening. The
family will be in attendance tonight from 7 to 9 at the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy may be made in Edwin's memory to either the Catskill Area
Hospice, 542 Main St., Oneonta, N.Y. 13820 or the Grand Gorge Rescue Squad, Main Street,
Grand Gorge, N.Y. 12434.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Hall Funeral Home, Stamford and Grand Gorge.
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Original obituary may be found at:
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