Mr Cecil Marion Zimmer's Obituary
CECIL MARION ZIMMER WAS BORN OCT. 17TH 1925 BY A MIDWIFE IN PLEASENTDALE NEBRASKA. HE WORKED ON THE FAMILY FARM WITH HIS PARENTS, HIS BROTHER & 2 SISTERS. WHEN HE TURNED 18 HE JOINED THE ARMY. THE WAR WAS ALMOST OVER WHEN HE ARRIVED IN ENGLAND. ONLY TO BE SENT BACK ON THE QUEEN MARY. THEN STATIONED AT FT. POLK LA. WHERE HE WAS AN M.P. HE DROVE TRUCKS IN THE COMBAT ENGENEERING COMPANY & WAS DISCHARGED IN 1946.
HE WORKED AT MT. RAINER ORDINANCE DEPOT UNTIL IT CLOSED. THEN WENT ON TO BE A FIRE FIGHTER AT FORT LEWIS. HE WAS PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT THAN CAPTAIN & RETIRED IN 1979 AS ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF.
HE MARRIED MARCIA JANE BLEECKER ON AUG.9TH 1946.THEY WERE MARRIED 63 YRS BEFORE SHE PASSED ON 1/16/2010. AFTER RETIREMENT THEY MOVED TO SALKUM, WA, WHERE HE ENJOYED FISHING THE COWLITZ RIVER AND TRAVELING WITH THEIR CAMP CLUB. THEY SPENT WINTERS LIVING IN YUMA, AZ. WHERE THEY WILL BE MISSED BY MANY FRIENDS.
LAKEWOOD WAS HOME WHILE RAISING 5 CHILDREN. SANDY MORLEY, SUE LUTEMAN(GEORGE), JANET DELGADO, SHIRLEY DAUTH(3/17/11) & DON ZIMMER(CASEY), 11 GRANDCHILDREN, 15 GREAT, & 3 GREAT GREAT.
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