Obituaries : Zenolia J. Schirm

Zenolia J. Schirm

NEWHALL: Zenolia J. Schirm, 92, died Monday, January 19, 2015 at the Hiawatha Care Center.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at St. John Lutheran Church in Newhall with Rev. Steven Rempfer officiating. Interment will be held at St. John Cemetery in Newhall. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m., on Friday at the church in Newhall. A memorial fund has been established for the Newhall First Responders or St. John Lutheran Church. Phillips Funeral Home in Vinton is in charge of arrangements.
Zenolia was born on January 23, 1922 in Iowa County, the daughter of George and Wanda (Robertson) Meier. She married Irvin H. Schirm on April 2, 1938 at the St. Stephen's Lutheran parsonage in Atkins. They shared 60 wonderful years until Irvin passed away in 1998. Zenolia was a member of St. John Lutheran Church and a Gold Star member of the Newhall American Legion Auxiliary. She had volunteered 3,500 hours at the V.A. Hospital in Iowa City. She loved to play cards and had been a member of numerous card clubs through the years. She also enjoyed solving word puzzles.
Zenolia is survived by her daughter, Delores (Lynn) Pickering of Newhall; her son Harold (Rosemary) Schirm of Philadelphia, PA; five grandchildren, Tami Pickering, Jodi (Scott) England, Brent (Erin) Schirm, Derek (Kristin) Schirm and Cassie (James) Yang; eight great-grandchildren, Brittney, Marcus, Tyler, Makayla, Alivia, David, Max and Elizabeth; two sisters-in-law, Pauline Schirm and Luella Meier; her brother-in-law, Kenneth Schirm and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Irvin; her son, Charles; three grandsons, Mark Pickering, Jeffery Schirm and Brian Schirm and her siblings, Karl, George Jr., Cleo and Darlene.