Marian Elizabeth Zilles

Marian Elizabeth Zilles, age 95, of Fremont died late Sunday, August 31, 2008 at the Rutherford House. She was born on September 12, 1912 in Sandusky Twp to the now deceased Carl R. & Ella (Hofelich) Reed. Marian was a 1930 graduate of Fremont Ross High School. She married Earl R. Zilles on November 2, 1934 at St. Marks Lutheran Church in Toledo.

Marian was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, the Womens Home Missionary Society, a charter member of Riley Garden Club, and the Can-Do Farm Bureau Council. Surviving are her children Judith (David) Reed of Fremont, Janice (George) Sherer of Malta, Ohio and Leland Pete (Joyce) Zilles of West Liberty, Ohio, 5 grandchildren, 7 great- grandchildren and 2 great-great- grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her husband who passed in 1983 and sisters Majorie Potter, Jeanette Pearson, Ruth Harshe and Evelyn Foster.

Services for Marian will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 6, 2008 at the Herman-Kinn-Karlovetz Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Fremont with visitation beginning one hour prior to the services. Pastor Paul Gruetter will officiate. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Birchard Public Library or to the Grace Lutheran Church Boiler Fund.