Service Arrangements

George William "Bill" Zimmerman

Visitation October 22, 2011 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Location: Rausch Funeral Home - Owings, MD [Map] Memorial Service October 22, 2011 2:00 P.M. Location: Rausch Funeral Home - Owings, MD [Map] Inurnment Location: Private

George William “Bill” Zimmerman, age 85, of Rose Haven, MD died October 16, 2011 at his residence. He was born December 18, 1925 in Washington DC to George W. and Birtha (Simpson) Zimmerman. Bill was raised and educated in D.C. public schools and attended Eastern High School. On June 16, 1943 he joined the United States Navy and was discharged as a Radioman, Third Class on April 2, 1946. After his discharge he worked with his father in the home furnishings business. Bill went to work for Meyer Furniture Company in Washington in 1947 and remained there for 37 years until opening his own business in 1984. Bill married Dorothy Edwards Zimmerman in 1949. She died in 1976. In 1982 Bill married Vivian “Hazel” Bagwell King in Silver Spring, MD. The couple lived in Silver Spring until moving to Rose Haven shortly after he retired in 1990. Bill was a former member of Stallings Williams Post 206 American Legion in Chesapeake Beach and a former member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Silver Spring. He was also a former leader of Boy Scout Troop 441 in Silver Spring. Bill enjoyed doing daily crossword puzzles, boating, fishing but most of all spending time with his grandchildren and great grandchildren. Surviving are his wife Vivian “Hazel” Zimmerman of Rose Haven; children Dennis B. Zimmerman and his wife Nancy of Rose Haven, Joyce A. Raffo and her husband Pete of Elkridge, MD and J. Allen King of North Beach, MD; eleven grandchildren; eighteen great grandchildren and a sister Ruth Heigh of Silver Spring, MD. He was preceded in death by a son Joseph M. King. Memorial Contributions American Diabetes Association Washington DC-MD Office 1025 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 1005 Washington, DC 20036-4106