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[March 26, 2011]  LINCOLN -- Robert E. Zella, 93, died Friday, March 25, 2011, at 12:50 p.m. at Christian Village Nursing Home.

Mr. Zella was cremated. There will be no services.

Arrangements were by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Mr. Zella owned and operated Zella's Mart in Gaylord, Mich., and retired in 1977 as a surgical technician in Ann Arbor, Mich.

He was born July 23, 1917, in Detroit, Mich. His parents were Joseph and Hattie Wagner Zella. He married Ulah Price in 1942 in Detroit, and she preceded him in death. He later married Frances Lelling, and she preceded him in death. He then married Eugenia Kramer Lawrence, and she preceded him in death.

He is survived by two daughters, Gail Beachler of Peoria and Karen Lawrence Hoffert (and Donnie) of Lincoln; four grandchildren, Eric Gorman, Kevin Beachler, Angy Jesse and Anthony Hoffert; and four great-grandchildren.

He was also preceded in death by one sister, Dorothy Bond, and one granddaughter, Pamela Gorman.

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He was a member of Holy Family Church.

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