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Jack Zentner Obituary
Jack F. Zentner, 88, died Dec. 21, 2010, at Elm Crest Manor, New Salem. Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 28, at Church of Corpus Christi, Bismarck, with the Rev. Paul Becker officiating. Burial will be in the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan.
Visitation will be held from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Parkway, Bismarck, where a rosary will begin at 4 p.m.
Jack was born on July 1, 1922, in Timmer, the son of George and Elizabeth (Wetzstein) Zentner. He was raised and educated in Bismarck and graduated from Bismarck High School in 1942. Jack enlisted in the U.S. Navy in September 1942 and served in World War II. He was honorably discharged in 1945. Jack returned to Bismarck and started working at Davis Chevrolet, later Stan Puklich Chevrolet, as a parts manager. He married Marion Reff in 1947 at Church of St. Mary in Bismarck. Marion died in 1952. Jack married Dorothy Hager on August 13, 1964, at Church of St. Mary in Bismarck.
He retired from Stan Puklich Chevrolet in 1986. He was a member of the Bismarck Elks Club, Knights of Columbus, American Legion and the Serra Club.
Jack is survived by his wife, Dorothy, Bismarck; his daughter and son-in-law, Mary Jo and Bill Wocken, Bismarck; three grandsons, John Zentner, Michael (Sara) Zentner, and Daniel (Katie) Zentner; two granddaughters, Jill (Scott) McGregor and Traci (Jim) Johnson; four great-grandsons, Benjamin and Zachary Johnson and Connor and Gannon McGregor; his brother and sister-in-law, Michael and Dorothy Zentner, Bismarck; sister, Ann Zentner, Bismarck; sister-in-law, Vi Zentner, Sacramento, Calif.; brothers-in-law, Jerry and Katherine Schlickenmyer, Lewistown, Mont., and John Vogel, Billings, Mont.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Marion; his son, Gerald; his brothers, Joseph and Frank; his sisters, Magdelina, Minnie, Eva, Betty and Rose; and his parents.
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