Patanna Caroline Zimmerman
Aberdeen - Patanna Caroline Zimmerman, 50, of
Aberdeen died Wednesday, May 18, 2005, at Avera
St. Luke's Hospital, Aberdeen, after being
diagnosed with cancer last week.
Her funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, May
21, 2005, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Java, with
Pastor Paula Anderson officiating. Burial will
follow at St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery, Java.
Family and casketbearers are asked to meet at the
church 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Organist will be Carol
Fiedler and vocalists will be Rhonda Strouckel and
Vonnie Reuer. Ushers will be Arlo Fiedler and
Oscar Fiedler Jr. Tributes will be rendered by
Cindy Eikamp, Connie Groop and Brad Zimmerman.
Patanna's family prefers memorials in her name to
the American Cancer Society, Midwest Division,
2520 Pilot Knob Road, Suite 150, Mendota Heights,
MN 55120-1158 or to the Aberdeen Area Humane
Society, PO Box 1013, Aberdeen, SD 57401. There
will be a public prayer service at Miller Funeral
Chapel, Selby, 7 p.m. Friday with visitation
beginning at 5 p.m. People may also pay their
respects beginning 9 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Patanna Caroline Zimmerman,
daughter of Gloria M. (Schlepp) and Ernest
Zimmerman, was born at Mobridge on May 3, 1955.
She was raised and educated in Java, graduating
with the JHS Class of 1973. Her junior year, she
was selected as Java's Girl's State delegate. In
1977 she received a bachelor of science degree in
business education with an English minor from
Northern State College in Aberdeen. While at
Northern, she played clarinet in the Wolves
Marching Band and was a Gypsy Day Queen candidate.
Her teaching career took her to Cresbard for one
year and Lyman County in Presho for four years.
She then moved to Pierre and held a position with
the state department of food and nutrition for
1&1/2 years. The next four years, she taught in
the Faulkton School District. Patanna then moved
to Aberdeen to take data processing courses at
Northern and began her career at the Aberdeen
American News as a night newsroom clerk. Most
recently, she was the assistant news editor.
She was a baptized, confirmed, and life member of
St. Paul Lutheran Church in Java. She was active
in the extra curricular activities in the schools
she taught at, as well as being active in the
communities where she lived. One highlight for
Patanna occurred in 1980 when the cheerleaders for
the Boy's Basketball State B Champion Lyman
Raiders won the coveted Spirit of Six award with
Patanna serving as their advisor. She enjoyed
scrapbooking, making greeting cards, and will be
remembered as a dog lover.
Family members surviving Patanna include her
mother, Gloria M. Zimmerman of Java; one brother,
Brad E. Zimmerman and his wife Carol of
Gainesville, Ga.; two nephews, Alec and Evan
Zimmerman; and her dog Buffy. She was preceded in
death by her dad on Jan. 15, 1986. Honorary
bearers will be all of Patanna's co-workers at the
Aberdeen American News, past and present as well
as the JHS Class of 1973. Casketbearers will be
John Papendick, David Didreckson, and Ron Feickert
of Aberdeen, Dick Biel of Huron, Todd Biel of
Java, and Lyle Dabbert of Sioux Falls. Miller
Funeral Home, Bowdle, is in charge of
arrangements.
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