General Motors Memorials: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Ludwig Zeller
Ludwig (Lud) August Zeller transitioned in his sleep on June 5, 2013. Born: He was born July 7, 1921 in Miltenberg, Germany, son of Augusta Brandt Zeller and Johann Friedrich "Fritz" Zeller. Lud's father died when he was very young and his mother subsequently married the man Lud called "Dad," Karl Sebastian Mittnacht. Lud immigrated to the USA in 1929 and considered himself an American immediately upon arriving. He became a US citizen in 1937 and was very proud of being American. He attended...