Donald K. Zwanziger, age
86 of Nashua, died Tuesday March 4, 2008, at Mercy Medical
Center in New Hampton.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, March 8, 2008 at the United Methodist Church in
Nashua with Pastor Charles W. Thompson officiating. Nelda
Shepard will be the organist. Special music will be by
Danielle and Leslie Troyer also Adam Zwanziger will sing
“Amazing Grace”
Burial will be in Sunnyside Memory
Gardens rural Charles City with Mark Zwanziger, Phillip
Zwanziger, Doug Waidelich, Bobby Marsh, James Zwanziger
and Jim Johanningmeier serving as pallbearers. Honorary
pallbearers will be Richard Bennett, Jerry Vanderwerf and
Gary Johanningmeier.
Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 7
p.m. Friday at the Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home
in Nashua and one hour prior to services at the church on
Saturday. Memorials may be directed to the family.
Donald was born September 10, 1921, in
Chickasaw County, Iowa, the son of William and Carrie
(Rausch) Zwanziger. He attended rural school in Chickasaw
County and high school in Nashua.
Don was united in marriage to Marian M.
Richards on March 20, 1941, at the Methodist Parsonage in
Nashua. To this union three children were born, Janet,
Donna and Leonard. Don lived his life around farming. He
farmed in Chickasaw and Butler counties. He operated a
custom corn sheller and had a rural milk (can) route for
area farmers. He worked as a service tech for Richard's
Implement in New Hampton for a number of years. Don and
his wife also owned and operated Don’s Ranch House and
the Dairy Sweet in Nashua. The couple were house parents
for a foster home for boys in Cedar Falls.
Don was involved in the community as a
member of the Big Four Fair Board and was an original
board member for the Nashua Trail Riders and was also a
member of the Nashua United Methodist Church. Don’s
interest and hobbies were horses. He took great pride in
his skills as a horseman. It did not matter if he showed
horses or raced them, and he always seemed to be a winner.
He also loved to play cards and was an avid checkers
player and square dancer. Most of all, Don was loving,
supportive and loyal to his family.
Donald is survived by one son, Leonard
(Duenda) Zwanziger of Columbia, MO; a son-in-law, Robert
Waidelich of Camdenton, MO; a foster son, Conrad “Red”
(Roberta) Crist of Golden, CO; 6 grandchildren, Doug
Waidelich, Janet Garcia and Jill Marsh, Mark Zwanziger,
Phillip Zwanziger and Julie Whipple; 15
great-grandchildren; a brother, Virgil (Rosemary)
Zwanziger of Nashua; two sisters, Evelyn (Donald) Niemeyer
and Lois (Bud) Westervelt all of Nashua.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Marian on July
24, 2003; two daughters, Janet Zwanziger and Donna
Waidelich; two brothers, James Clark and Bobbie Zwanziger;
and a great-grandson, Grant Whipple.
