ORINE MARIE ZIMMERMAN, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE ON DECEMBER 17, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS.
ORINE WAS BORN FEBRUARY 10, 1913 IN MAYVILLE, NORTH DAKOTA. AT THREE MONTHS OF AGE SHE CAME TO CANADA WITH HER PARENTS, SIMON AND SELMA TUTTLE. THEY SETTLED ON A FARM IN PENDANT D’OREILLE UNTIL 1926 WHEN THEY MOVED TO VULCAN. ORINE RECEIVED ALL OF HER SCHOOLING TO GRADE TEN IN VULCAN, SHE ALSO TOOK MUSIC LESSONS.
IN HER EARLY ADULT YEARS SHE BEGAN WORKING AT THE ISOLATION HOSPITAL IN LETHBRIDGE. SHE MET CLIFFORD PERCY ZIMMERMAN AND THEY WERE MARRIED ON OCTOBER 15, 1939. IN 1953 ORINE AND HER FAMILY MOVED TO VULCAN, WHERE SHE CONTINUED TO RAISE HER FAMILY, AND TEACH MUSIC LESSONS TO MANY OF THE LOCAL CHILDREN FOR SEVERAL YEARS. CLIFFORD PASSED AWAY IN 1989, AND ORINE CONTINUED TO RESIDE IN HER HOME IN VULCAN. IN 1995 SHE MOVED TO VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER FOR A BRIEF TIME BEFORE MOVING TO VULCAN, EXTENDICARE WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
ORINE WAS A PAST MEMBER OF THE CANDLELIGHT LADIES AND THE CHURCH CHOIR. ORINE WAS ALSO A VERY DEDICATED CARE GIVER TO HER FATHER AND BOTH OF BROTHERS WHOM SHE CARED FOR FOR MANY YEARS.
LOVING MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER ELAINE ZIMMERMAN OF VULCAN, TWO SONS GORDON (TINA) ZIMMERMAN OF NANTON AND EUGENE (DIXIE) ZIMMERMAN OF MEDICINE HAT, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, A SISTER DORIS GREEN OF VANCOUVER, B.C., AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND CLIFFORD IN 1989, TWO BROTHERS JIM AND STANLEY TUTTLE, TWO SISTERS AMY NORTHCOTT, AND ESA JONES, HER FATHER SIMON AND MOTHER SELMA.
GRAVESIDE SERVICES WERE HELD SATURDAY DECEMBER 20, 1997 AT 11:00 A.M. AT MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY, LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, TRIBUTES IN MEMORY OF ORINE COULD BE MADE TO THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.