Former Modified Driver Mark Zimmerman, Brother of Hall of Famer Denny Zimmerman Passes At 65
 Mark E. Zimmerman
1947 - 2012

Mark was a NEAR member, a former Modified Driver and the younger brother of the 1971 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year Denny Zimmerman. The Speedway Line Report sends our condolences to our friend Denny and the entire Zimmerman family.

 

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Mark E. Zimmerman, 65, of Glastonbury, died Monday October 15, 2012 at home following a long illness. Born March 18, 1947 in Hartford, son of the late S. Edward Zimmerman and Gertrude (Carleton) Zimmerman Maramarco, he was a lifelong resident of Glastonbury. Mark was an insurance agent for New York Life until starting the Zimmerman Insurance Agency in the early 1980’s which he operated until his retirement in 2011.

Mark was a member of the Mystic Mudhead Sailing Association, the Swiss-American Association and the Glastonbury Chamber of Commerce. He raced Modified cars along the East Coast and was the Soapbox Derby National Champion in 1959.

He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law Jacqueline and Bradley Wheaton of Glastonbury, a brother Dennis Zimmerman and his wife Ruth of Suffield, a sister Althea Heacock and her husband John of Glastonbury and 2 grandsons Bradley P. Wheaton and Brandon M. Wheaton. Funeral service will be Thursday Oct. 18 at 10am in the Mulryan Funeral Home, 725 Hebron Ave., Glastonbury.

Burial will follow in Arms Cemetery, Shelburne, MA. Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday Oct 17 from 5-7pm. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the American Lung Association, 45 Ash St., East Hartford, CT. 06108-3272. To share a memory please visit www.mulryanfh.com .