Obit: Ziemendorf, Lillian Esther (1918 - 2006)

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Surnames: Ziemendorf, Hofer, Pastorius, Saunders, Hansen

Abstracted from the Pittsville Record [Pittsville, Wood Co., WI], Thursday June 1, 2006, Page 2. A photo of the deceased accompanied this obituary.

Ziemendorf, Lillian Esther (16 April 1918 - 27 May 2006)

Lillian Esther Hofer Ziemendorf, 88, formerly of Pittsville and the Clark county town of Sherwood, died May 27, 2006 in Marshfield.

Lillian was born April 16, 1918 at Pittsville to John and Esther (Pastorius) Hofer. Lillian grew up in the Veedum area and was a Pittsville High School graduate. She married Arthur Ziemendorf in Dubuque, Iowa on September 30, 1938. The couple lived in Sherwood and operated a grocery store until moving to Pittsville in 1958.

Lillian is survived by four children, seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, a sister and a brother. Lillian was preceded in death by her husband, and the following siblings: Robert Hofer, Lucille Saunders, Leslie Hofer, Leona Hofer, Harold Hofer, Albert Hofer and Ruth Ann Hansen.

Services were held at St. John's Lutheran Church in Pittsville June 1, 2006, and burial was in Mound cemetery, Pittsville. Buchanan Funeral Home assisted with arrangements.