Dorothy J. Zink

Dorothy J. Dot Zink, 94, of Conrad and formerly Beaman, died early Friday morning, January 2nd, at the Villa del Sol in Marshalltown.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, January 8th, at the Beaman United Methodist Church. She will be laid to rest in the Vienna Cemetery at Beaman. Visitation will be held from 5-7:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown. For condolences, please visit www.mitchellfh.com. The Mitchell Family Funeral Home is caring for Dorothy and her family. Ph 641-844-1234.Born Dorothy Jean Rowe on July 7th, 1914, at the family home in Beaman, she was the daughter of Eugene and Alta (Wallace) Rowe. She graduated from the Beaman High School in 1933.On Valentines Day of 1937, she was united in marriage to Lawrence Zink at Elgin, Iowa. They farmed south of Beaman all of their married lives. Mr. Zink passed away in 1971. Mrs. Zink resided at assisted living in Conrad one-year prior to moving to the Villa del Sol in Marshalltown in August of 2008.Dot was a member of the Beaman United Methodist Church, the WSCS, Vienna Womens Club and the Rebekah Lodge. She will be fondly remembered for her love of family, children, bowling, golfing, fishing, and quilting; was a great baker and cook and enjoyed traveling. She will be greatly missed by many.Left to cherish her memory are three children: Larry (Bonnie) Zink of New London, MN, Suzanne (Ronald) Brennecke of Pleasant Hill, Iowa, and William (Mary) Zink of Marshalltown; her dear grandchildren: Lori (Jerome) Nygaard, Teri (Steve) Sokulski, Barry (Becky) Brennecke, Brian Brennecke, Matthew (Tina) Brennecke, Christie Hill and Jennifer (Scott) Johannes, 16 precious great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren as well as sisters Anedra Rohwer of Grundy Center and Arlene Daggett of Conrad.In death, she has rejoined her beloved Lawrence, her parents, sister Helen Voigt and brother Ronald Rowe.