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Alferd Frederick Zessin

Birth: 3 Dec 1919
Parkland, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA
Death: 13 Jul 2003 (aged 83)
Gretna, Sarpy County, Nebraska, USA
Burial: Elmwood Cemetery

Greenview, Menard County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 209612830 View Source

GRETNA, Neb. - Alferd Frederick Zessin, 83, of Gretna, formerly of the Springfield area, died Sunday, July 13, 2003, at his home. He was born Dec. 3, 1919, in Parkland, the son of Carl Albert and Clara Schulz Zessin. Mr. Zessin worked as a machinist at WABCO for more than 40 years. He also was a volunteer fireman for the Richwood Fire Department in Peoria for 18 years. Survivors: wife, Ruby; four sons, Gary (wife, Nancy) Zessin of Gretna, Dan and Bert Zessin of Fayetteville, Ga., and Roger Zessin of Corpus Christi, Texas; five great-grandchildren; a brother, Robert Zessin of Springfield; and three sisters, Helen Browning of Springfield, June Shields of Greenview and Betty Hartley of Petersburg. Memorial services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Hurley Funeral Home in Greenview. Interment: Greenview Cemetery.

Source - State Journal-Register, July 27, 2003, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA.

Contributor: Gregory J. Schafer (46821650)

GRETNA, Neb. - Alferd Frederick Zessin, 83, of Gretna, formerly of the Springfield area, died Sunday, July 13, 2003, at his home. He was born Dec. 3, 1919, in Parkland, the son of Carl Albert and Clara Schulz Zessin. Mr. Zessin worked as a machinist at WABCO for more than 40 years. He also was a volunteer fireman for the Richwood Fire Department in Peoria for 18 years. Survivors: wife, Ruby; four sons, Gary (wife, Nancy) Zessin of Gretna, Dan and Bert Zessin of Fayetteville, Ga., and Roger Zessin of Corpus Christi, Texas; five great-grandchildren; a brother, Robert Zessin of Springfield; and three sisters, Helen Browning of Springfield, June Shields of Greenview and Betty Hartley of Petersburg. Memorial services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Hurley Funeral Home in Greenview. Interment: Greenview Cemetery.

Source - State Journal-Register, July 27, 2003, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA.

Contributor: Gregory J. Schafer (46821650)

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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209612830/alferd_frederick-zessin: accessed ), memorial page for Alferd Frederick Zessin (3 Dec 1919–13 Jul 2003), Find a Grave Memorial ID 209612830, citing Elmwood Cemetery, Greenview, Menard County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by KSL (contributor 51705568).

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