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Eldene "Jeep" E.
Zamzow
Eldene “Jeep” E. Zamzow,
91, a retired Grand Island banker
and community volunteer, died Monday, February 8, 2010 at Saint Francis
Medical Center.
Services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday
at Faith United Methodist Church, 12th and Eddy Streets. The
Reverend Bev Lazendorf will officiate. Burial will be prior
to service at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m.
Friday at All Faiths Funeral Home.
Mr. Zamzow joined First National Bank
as an assistant cashier in 1957 and retired from its successor bank,
Norwest, in 1984 as senior vice president and manager of the installment
loans department. Before joining the bank, he had owned and
operated the Larsen 66 service station and worked at Wolfe’s
Hardware.
Active in civic and church affairs,
Mr. Zamzow was involved in several banking organizations, Boy and
Girl Scouts, Cosmopolitan Club and organizations with a focus on
history and museums. He was a lifetime member of Faith United Methodist Church and held memberships in the American
Legion and the Prairie Fiber Weavers Guild of Hastings.
He was born July 28, 1918 at Archer, NE, the son of John P. and Della Fuehrer Zamzow. At
age 2, he moved with his parents to Grand Island, where he attended the public schools
and grew to adulthood. He enlisted in the Army Air Force in
1941 and spent four years in the service.
On August 13, 1950, he married Margery
Kiechel in St. Paul, NE. Mrs.
Zamzow survives her husband. Other survivors include nephews
and nieces, Michael (Sue) Kiechel of Columbus, GA, Frank (Polly)
Partsch of Omaha, Dorinda Partsch of Chesterton, IN, Nick Partsch
(Diane Rolfsmeyer) of Lincoln, and Laura Partsch of West Chester,
PA; grandnephews and grandnieces, Erich Partsch, David Partsch, Catherine
Conlan, Sarah Gilbert , Christopher Kiechel, and Donovan Kiechel,
along with 13 great-grandnephews and great-grandnieces.
He was preceded in death by his parents
and brother, Curtis.
Memorials may be directed to Faith United Methodist Church or the Stuhr Museum.
