Frederick Martin Zipfel (1900 - 1950)

Born 10 Dec 1900 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 24 Apr 1950 at age 49 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Frederick was born in 1900. He was the son of Martin Zipfel and Frieda Höfling.

Fred married Mary Kasmarek in 1938. Fred and Mary do not appear to have had children.

He passed away in 1950 and was interred at Saint Nicholas Cemetery, Shavertown, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

Frederick M. ZipfeL 49. of 231 South Pennsylvania avenue, was found dead in his home yesterday afternoon about 5 by his wife. He appeared be in normal health when his wife left home earlier in toe day. Deputy Coroner Dr. Robert S. Stricker attributed death to a heart attack and staled that Mr. Zipfel had probably been dead about an hour before his wife returned home. Mr. Zipfel was born in Wilkes-Barre on December 10, 1900. the son of late Martin and Freda Hoeffling ZipfeL He had lived most of his life in Wilkes-Barre and had been employed at various local establishments as a bartender. Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Kasmarek of Dunmore, and seven sisters: Mrs. Michael Holleran, Kingston; Mrs. Harry Richards. Elmira, N. Y.; Mrs. Loretta Clarke and Mrs. Florence Schlesinger, Hollywood, Calif; Mrs. Floyd Olmstead and Mrs. John P. Williams, both of Wilkes-Barre, and Mrs. Ralph Spurling. Chatham, N. J. There also are 12 nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held Thursday morning at 10 from the Lisman Funeral Home, 233 South Washington street. Burial will be in St Nicholas cemetery, Shavertown. Friends may call at the funeral home tonight from 7:30 to 10 and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7:30 to 10 p, m.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG8V-G1Q : accessed 16 December 2019), Frederick Zipfel in household of Martin Zipfel, Wilkes Barre Ward 13, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 154, sheet 22B, family 447, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1371; FHL microfilm 1,375,384.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFBB-X4X : accessed 16 December 2019), Frederick Zipfel in household of Martin Zipfel, Wilkes-Barre Ward 13, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 250, sheet 9A, line 35, family 179, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1597; FHL microfilm 1,821,597.
• "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHF7-N7L : 12 November 2019), Fred Zipfel and Mary Kasmarck, 07 May 1938; citing Marriage, , Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQD5-5V3 : 28 July 2019), Frederick M Zipfel, Ward 8, Wilkes-Barre, Wilkes-Barre City, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40-296, sheet 61B, line 76, family 158, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3562.
• 1950 U.S. Census, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Wilkes-Barre, enumeration district (ED) 80-58, sheet 4, dwelling 37, line 19, Fred Zipfel; database with images, Ancestry.com [1], Accessed 17 May 2022; citing Population Schedules for the 1950 Census; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group 29, Records of the Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC.
• "F.M. Zipfel Dies of Heart Attack." Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, April 25, 1950, p.26.
• Certificate of Death of Frederick Martin Zipfel, File no. 33840, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health. Personal copy in the files of Andrew H. Lisowski
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115023406/fred-m-zipfel : accessed 17 May 2022), memorial page for Fred M Zipfel (10 Dec 1900–24 Apr 1950), Find a Grave Memorial ID 115023406, citing Saint Nicholas Cemetery, Shavertown, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Your NEPA Genealogist (contributor 47046284).