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- Flora [Elizabeth] ZINN, 89,
died Tuesday, Feb. 4 at Mercy Hospital where she had
- been admitted the previous evening.
A memorial service will be held at the Milton Seventh Day Baptist
Church Saturday, Feb. 8 at 3 p.m. with Rev. Earl Cruzan officiating.
Burial following cremation will be at Farina, Ill. near her
parents and sister Zea.
- Miss ZINN, daughter of Thomas
and Mary LANGWORTHY ZINN was born June
- 2, 1885 at Farina, Ill. Her grandmother
Nancy ZINN came in 1866 as a widow from Berea, Va. with
her five daughters and son Thomas to be early settlers of Farina
with William Anson GOODRICH, brother of Joseph GOODRICH
of Milton.
- Miss ZINN came to Milton in
1903 as a student in the academy, earned her Bachelors
- Degree from Milton College in 1913,
and Masters Degree from the University of Wisconsin. She was
a teacher in the public schools in Illinois, Colorado and Wisconsin,
and for 22 years taught Latin and German in Juneau High School,
Milwaukee.
- She took pride in having had Astronaut
James Lovell as a student. On retirement in
- 1952 she built a home on Davis Street
in Milton.
- She maintained a keen interest in her
church, civic affairs, and Milton College. She
- attended college activities, especially
those of the music department. She had a fine personal relationship
with students. She was a past-president of the Milton Women's
Club.
- She was preceded in death by an infant
brother and three sisters: Mrs. Harold (Edna)
- STILLMAN,
Mrs. Leman (Ruth) STRINGER, and Zea ZINN. Survivors
are nieces Mrs. Boyden CROUCH, Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. Lenore
STILLMAN McKELVY of Denver, Col. and nephew Major-General
Robert M. STILLMAN, San Antonio, Tex. Also first cousins
Adeline TITSWORTHY, Columbus, Ohio and Ruth SCHLAGENHAUF
JOHANSON, Canta Clara, Cal. Local relatives include
Mrs. Russel MAXSON, Ralph GREEN and Paul GREEN.
The late Mrs. Walter HUDSON was also a cousin.
- Friends who wish to contribute to a
memorial fund may do so by sending contributions
- to Mrs. Beulah KAASE or Paul
GREEN, both at Milton. Please omit flowers. [Thursday
edition, p. 1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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