Michele I. Zimniak

Michele I. Zimniak obituary

Michele I. Zimniak

Michele Zimniak Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush Funeral Homes Inc - Highland Mills on Sep. 20, 2025.

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Michele I. Zimniak

September 5, 1941 – September 16, 2025

Highland Mills, NY

Michele I. Zimniak passed away peacefully on September 16, 2025, at her residence in Highland Mills, NY. She was 84 years old. Daughter of the late Hezrkiah and Gertrude (Newton) Gregory, she was born on September 5, 1941, in Savannah, GA.

Michele was the owner and operator of Barking Boutique in Yonkers, NY.

Left to cherish her memory are her loving and devoted husband, John Zimniak, and her nieces and nephews, Theophilus Gregory, Rollo Juvan Gregory, and Shakila Gregory-Jenkins.

Services will be private.

Cremation will take place at Cedar Hill Crematory in Middle Hope, NY.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

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