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Popular Dave Zemke, a winning Sportsman and
Street Stock competitor at Connecticut’s Waterford Speedbowl
passed-away unexpectedly on Sunday, March 7. Zemke scored several
feature victories while behind the controls of his familiar #17 at
Connecticut’s Waterford Speebowl during a career that started in the
early 1990’s. He also raced at the Thompson Motor Speedway.
David F. Zemke, Jr. died in Yale New Haven on Sunday, March 7, 2010.
He was born on June 12, 1968 in New Haven, son of the late David F.
and Georgine Pfaff Zemke. Loving father of Alexandra Birdsall of
West Haven and brother of Dawn Polivka of East Haddam. Uncle of
Frank Polivka III and Abigail Polivka. David was a Guilford High
School graduate and had been employed at Dalling Construction in
Stratford. He drove race cars at Waterford and Thompson Speedways in
the Sportsman Division and Late Model Division and was an avid
NASCAR fan. Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at St.
George Church, 33 Whitfield St, Guilford on Monday, March 15 at
10am. Burial will follow in Alder Brook Cemetery, Boston St,
Guilford. Friends may call prior to Mass from 8:30 – 9:30am at the
Guilford Funeral Home, 115 Church St, Guilford. Contributions in Mr.
Zemke's memory can be made to the Kyle Petty Victory Junction, 4500
Adams Way, Randleman, NC 27317. For more information or to send an
online condolence for the family, please visit
www.GuilfordFuneralHome.com |
