Miriam W. Ziegler

Miriam W. Ziegler, 97, of Elizabethtown formerly of Sebring, FL passed away Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at United Zion Retirement Community in Lititz. She was the wife of the late Charles H. Ziegler who passed away in 2011. Born in Lebanon, she was a daughter of the late John A. Sr., and Elizabeth M. (Royer) Weierbach. Miriam was a 1945 graduate of Lebanon High School and Lebanon Business College in 1947. Miriam and her late husband Charles were owners and operators of Ziegler Ice Cream for 22 years. She was a former member of the Lebanon Church of the Brethren and member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Miriam moved to Sebring, FL in 1974, graduated from Tampa Business College in 1975, and worked for the Beall Department Store and the First Union Bank both in Sebring. She is survived by five children Charlene, wife of Richard Truex, Gary Ziegler, Charles Ziegler and wife Jean Mary, Loretta "Lori" Grossman and the late Dr. Philip Grossman and Jane Ziegler; five grandchildren Laura Ziegler, Bryan Ziegler, Eric Grossman, Lanny Grossman, and Todd Truex; seven great-grandchildren; one brother Ray Weierbach and two sisters Marcella Weierbach and Elizabeth Diebus. Miriam was preceded in death by a son Randy Ziegler; four brothers Alfred Weierbach, John A. Weierbach, Jr., Mark Weierbach, and Warren Weierbach; four sisters Allegra Weierbach, Mildred Shirk, Annetta Hitz, and Ethel Lippert. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 11AM from Grand View Memorial Park, 500 N. Weaber St., Lebanon, PA 17046. Please meet at the cemetery office upon arrival. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, https://www.heart.org in her memory.