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The Genealogy of the Thompson Family
Laurence Zink

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Name Laurence Zink Nickname Larry Birth 04 Aug 1929 Gender Male Death 18 Sep 2018 Rock Falls, Whiteside County, Illinois Burial Coloma Township Cemetery, Rock Falls, Whiteside County, Illinois Person ID I1256 Thompson Last Modified 19 Jul 2025
Father Morris A Zink, b. Abt 1897, Illinois d. 17 Jun 1976, Mount Carroll, Carroll County, Illinois
(Age ~ 79 years)
Mother Lillie Regina Haas, b. 20 Nov 1905 d. 09 May 1988, Mount Carroll, Carroll County, Illinois (Age 82 years)
Marriage 06 Sep 1925 Family ID F437 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Marion W Wires, b. 09 Feb 1929, Savanna, Carroll County, Illinois d. 15 Sept 2018, Rock Falls, Whiteside County, Illinois
(Age 89 years)
Marriage 30 Apr 1945 Children + 1. Gary Lee Zink, b. 17 Nov 1945, Savanna, Carroll County, Illinois d. 15 Sep 2019 (Age 73 years)
2. Linda Louise Zink 3. Dennis Zink 4. Cheryl Ann Zink Family ID F526 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Mar 2003
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Notes Died:
- ROCK FALLS ? Marian W. Zink, 89, died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, her husband, Lawrence A. Zink, 89, died Tuesday Sept. 18, 2018, at their Rock Falls home.
Marian was born Feb. 9, 1929, in Savanna, the daughter of Frank and Frances (Halfman) Wires. She married Lawrence Zink April 30, 1948, in Clinton, Iowa. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include their children, Gary (Cindy) Zink, Linda Maynard, Dennis (Julie) Zink and Cheryl Zink; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Marian was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, John Wires and one in infancy.
A joint visitation will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday, and the funeral at 11 a.m. Friday at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rock Falls, with the Rev. Bree Truax officiating. Burial will be at Coloma Township Cemetery, in Rock Falls. McDonald Funeral Home, in Rock Falls, is handling arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church.
SaukValley.com (Sterling, IL) - September 19, 2018
- ROCK FALLS ? Marian W. Zink, 89, died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, her husband, Lawrence A. Zink, 89, died Tuesday Sept. 18, 2018, at their Rock Falls home.