RICHFORD - Richard E. Zoller, age 82, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2013 at the Maple Lane Nursing Home in Barton.
He was born February 15, 1931 in Cleveland, OH the son of the late John & Grace (Dunn) Zoller.
Richard grew up in Ohio and earned his bachelors degree from John Carroll University. He served in the U.S. ARMY during the Korean war and received an honorable discharge in 1955. Richard enjoyed playing football, tennis and golf and walking on the Florida Beaches picking up sea shells. He also won the Cleveland Soap Box Derby in 1946. Richard worked for General Motors for 5 years where he worked on the Euclid truck and earned his masters degree. In 1960 he went to work for IBM as a salesman and he retired in 1988.
He is survived by his wife, Denise (Maurice) Zoller of Richford; his children, Rick of Cleveland, OH, Marty and his wife Beth of Basking Ridge, NJ, Jimmy and his wife Dr. Gail Lebovie of Frisco, TX and Ray and his wife Carole of Waxhaw, NC; step-sons, Sebastien Cloutier of Bromont, Que. and Marcelin Cloutier and his wife Genevieve of Ste. Cecile de Milton, Que.; grandchildren, Kristen, Amanda, Hannah, Steven, Andrew and Sasha Zoller; a brother, William Bill Zoller of Chesterland, OH and a sister-in-law, Ellen Zoller of Cleveland, OH. Besides his parents, Richard was predeceased by his brothers, Jack and Bob Zoller.
The Mass of Christian burial will be held Friday April 5, 2013 at 4:00 PM at St. John the Baptist Church, 62 Missisquoi St., Enosburg Falls with Rev. Roger Charbonneau officiating. Interment will be held Saturday April 6, 2013 at 11:00 AM in St. Michels Cemetery in Sherbrooke, Que.
A time of visitation will be held Friday from 3-3:45 PM at the Spears Funeral Home, 96 Dickinson Ave., Enosburg Falls.
For those who wish, contributions in Richards memory may be made to the Vermont Cancer Center, Given E 213, 89 Beaumont Ave., Burlington, VT 05405.