Joseph A. Zimmer

Funeral service for Joseph A. Zimmer will be held 2 PM Friday, September 5, 2008 in Blanchard St. Denis Chapel, 848 Keyser Avenue, Natchitoches, La. with Rev. Toby Brazzell Rev. Craig McCain officiating. Burial will be in Memory Lawn Cemetery at Natchitoches, La. Visitation will be Thursday, September 4, 2008 from 5 PM until 9 PM and on Friday, September 5, 2008 from 8 AM until service time in the funeral home. Mr. Zimmer, 89, of Natchitoches, La., died Monday, September 1, 2008, at Natchitoches Regional Medical Center in Natchitoches, La. He was a native of Rochester, N.Y. He was a retired auto salesman for Peoples Motor Company and a member of Cypress Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Gladys Wood Zimmer; parents, Louis Zimmer and Eva Ainse Zimmer; three sisters and four brothers. He is survived by his wife Ettie Lee Stacy Zimmer of Natchitoches, La.; five daughters,Toni Bennett and husband Neil and Sharon Beaudoin and husband Philip all of Natchitoches, La., Bonnie Rynick and husband Stephen of New Orleans, La., Judy Davis and husband Marvin of Robeline, La., and Jan Hebert and husband James of Dickinson, Tx.; three step-daughters, Mary Ellen Dalberth and husband Charles and Ruth Jansen all of Bradford, N.Y, Diana Mae Blanchard and husband Preston of Sulphur, La.; one son, Thomas Anthony Zimmer and wife Ellen of Longview, Tx.; twenty nine grandchildren, fifty four great grandchildren, and nine great-great-grandchildren; one sister. Pallbearers will be: Rod Beaudoin, Scott Beaudoin, Lee Bennett, Keith Davis, Austin Hebert, Calib Stanfield, Tyler Rynick and Rhett Thompson.