Ethel Melvina Zimmerman

Private family services will be held.

Ms. Zimmerman was an assembly operator at Coors Porcelain.

Survivors include two sons, Robert and Lloyd, both of Grand Junction; one brother, Butch Jolley of Casa Grande, Ariz.; two sisters, Peggy Holtz of Grand Junction and Tony VanMeter of Bullhead City, Ariz.; four grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Ethel M. Zimmerman

May 24, 1939 - March 9, 2014

Ethel M. Zimmerman, passed away at her home on March 9, 2014. She was 74 years old.

She was born on May 24, 1939, in Aspen, CO to Tony Maddalone and Orabel (Oberly) Maddalone. Ethel married Robert J. Zimmerman on April 1, 1956 in Moab, UT.

Ethel was retired from Coors Porcelain. She enjoyed crocheting dolls, and word searches.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert, on May 25, 1987; brother, Dale Maddalone; daughter, Shannon Zimmerman, and sister, Debra Gilchrist. She is survived by sons, Robert (Donna), and Lloyd (Pam), both of Grand Junction; brother, Butch (Elizabeth) Jolley of Casa Grande, AZ; sisters, Peggy (Leo) Hotz of Grand Junction, and Toni (David) Vanmeter, of Bullhead City, AZ; four grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.

Ethel will be missed by everyone who knew her.

Graveside services will be held Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at 2:00 p.m at Memorial Gardens, in Grand Junction.

There are no goodbyes, wherever you'll be, you'll be in our hearts.

Published in The Daily Sentinel on Mar. 18, 2014