- Date Of Birth: April 7, 1925
- Date Of Death: April 24, 2014
- State: Iowa
Lois Zimmerman, age 89, of Whittemore, Iowa died on April 24, 2014 at the Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona. Lois Renate Lillian Zimmerman, the daughter of Herman and Arela (Rusch) Ohm, was born on April 7, 1925 in Whittemore, Iowa. She graduated from Whittemore High School in 1942.
On November 21, 1943 Lois was united in marriage with Harold G. Zimmerman in Richmond, Virginia. Lois had worked at Everds Bros., North Iowa Appliance, and the Whittemore Public Library. She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, the Joy Circle and a volunteer at KRHC. Lois enjoyed reading, playing cards and flowers.
Left to cherish Lois’s memory are her children, Michael Zimmerman and his wife Lynn, Alan Zimmerman and his wife Kris, Joy Metzger and her husband Jerry all of Whittemore, Jill Vallad and her husband Erv of Longmont, CO and Holly Simonson and her husband Bill of Whittemore; sixteen grandchildren; five step grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren; nine step great grandchildren; two brothers, Harlan Leininger and his wife Marilynn of Ruthven and John Leininger and his wife Charlotte of Albert Lea, MN; three sister-in-laws, Lena Ostwald of Algona, Marilyn Zimmerman of Omaha, NE and Violet Zimmerman of Heber Springs, AR; a brother-in-law, Martin Zimmerman of Algona; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; step father, William Leininger; a daughter-in-law, Michelle Zimmerman; an infant grandson, Justin Metzger; an infant sister, Ruth Ohm; and two sisters, Marie Lee and Helen Weaver.
