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Visitation:
5-7 p.m. Sunday, August 17, 2014 at Holland Barry &
Bennett Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Service:
Monday, at 9 a.m. at the funeral home
Funeral home: Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral
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Peter “Pete” Herold Zeitler, 68, of Beason, passed
away August 14, 2014 at Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital.
Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Sunday, August 17,
2014 at Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home in
Lincoln. Funeral services will be Monday, August 18,
2014 at 9:00 a.m.also at the funeral home with
Pastor Larry Crawford Officiating and military
honors performed by the American Legion Post 263.
Cremation rites will then be accorded.
Pete was born December 1, 1946 in Waldsassen,
Germany, the son of Erna Katharina Zeitler Gaertner.
He married Donna Yagge on April 18, 1981 in Milstadt,
IL.
Pete proudly served his country in the United States
Army. He retired from Mitsubishi in Normal, IL.
after more than 20 years of service. He was
currently serving as the Oran Township Supervisor.
He was a member of the American Legion Post 848, an
avid bowler at Logan Lanes, and a member of the
Genealogy Association. He enjoyed bowling, wood
working, gardening, was an expert blacksmith, an
avid auction attendee, and enjoyed history and
genealogy.
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Surviving are his wife Donna Zeitler of Beason, IL.;
his children: Christine Deanna Zeitler Snow of
Excelsior Springs, MO., Laura Beth Zeitler Galvin
(Lloyd Allen) of Herrick, IL., Peter Herold Zeitler
of Mowequa, IL., and Sonya Mari Zeitler of Lincoln,
IL.; his siblings: Iris Carroll of Findlay, IL.,
AnneMarie Trumble of FL., Ruth Maxwell of TX., and
Harald Preisinger of TX.; 12 grandchildren and 1
great grandchild also survive.
He was preceded in death by his grandmother, his
mother, his son Lucas Andrew Zeitler, and one
brother.
Memorial donations may be made to Oran Township and
will be accepted at the funeral home.
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Peter
“Pete” Herold Zeitler