Obit: Werner Zarnikow

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Werner E. Zarnikow, 94, of Wilton, died on Friday, Oct. 12, 2018 at Lutheran Living of Muscatine.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, Oct. 20 from 9 until 11 a.m. at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Durant. Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m.
Interment will take place at Oakdale Cemetery in Wilton.
Memorials may be made to Gloria Dei Lutheran Church; the Iowa State University Foundation; Ruby Zarnikow Scholarship fund at Grand View University, Des Moines; or Interstitial Cystitis Association.
Werner was born in Gorlitz, Germany on May 13, 1924 to Edwin and Anna (Rausch) Zarnikow.
Werner graduated from Buffalo Technical High School in Buffalo, New York. He served as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps during WWII and later in the Iowa National Guard.
After the war, he graduated from Iowa State University with a bachelor’s degree in Architecture.
Werner married Ruby R. Risser on Dec. 20, 1947 in Ames. She preceded him in death on March 30, 2007.
He was an architect for over 40 years, practicing in the United States and France.
He was a member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church and director/officer of the Construction Specification Institute. He regularly attended the senior exercise group at Heinsite Fitness in Durant until the age of 93.
Werner is survived by his children: Marie (Mark) Latta of Muscatine, Margie (Al) Taylor of Urbandale and Eric (Barbara) Zarnikow of Buffalo Grove, Illinois; grandsons: Daniel Hill, Kevin Bauer, C. Mark Latta and Zane Latta; five great-grandchildren and two great great-grandchildren.
In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by his daughters Carolyn Hettinga and Ellen Zirwes.

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