Paul Garrett Zimmerman was born 10-3-1927 to John Christian Zimmerman and Hulda Lehmann in Lincoln, Texas. He died in Hamilton, Texas April 26, 2019. He was baptized in the Lutheran Church as a child and a member at St. Mark Lutheran in Waco for 35 years.
He graduated from Pflugerville High School and went to work for HEB Grocery Co. in Austin, Texas. In 1950 he married Jewell Elizabeth Hogan and moved to Waco to manage a meat market for HEB. He worked at various locations in Waco for HEB until 1986 when he retired. He loved Volkswagons as a young man and owned 6, joined a Volkswagon Rally Club and won several trophies. He also enjoyed hunting white tail deer in the Hill Country. He traveled to Wyoming and shot an elk. He like traveling with Jewell and visited Scotland, England, Germany Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Canada, California, Tennessee, New York, Colorado and other states.
He and Jewell had 3 daughters, Sharon, Connie and Vondel. He taught his daughters that they could do anything if they set their minds to do something. On Thursday April 25 he told Jewell he wanted to close his eyes and go to heaven and on Friday he did just that.
He is survived by his wife, Jewell, sister Lillye Sanders, daughters, Sharon Francis and husband, Phil, Vondel Kremeier and husband Leon, Connie White and husband Tom, granddaughter, Catherine White Gruetzner and husband Zachary. He is also survived by great grandchildren Thomas, Alyssa and Marie Gruetzner.
He was predeceased by two sisters, Bettye Clark and Harriett Krause.
Funeral at St. John Lutheran Church in Hamilton. Burial at Oakwood Cemetery in Hamilton, Texas.
