Magdalene Zimmerer

Magdalene Flusche Zimmerer died at her home on November 5, 2009 at the age of 98. She was born on September 30, 1911 in Muenster Texas to Joseph Carl and Mary Koelzer Flusche. Magdalene was the 6th of 12 children. She grew up on a Muenster farm, attended school at Sacred Heart School and Our Lady of the Lake College in San Antonio where she received her bachelor’s degree. She married Raymond Zimmerer in Sacred Heart Church in Muenster on May 23, 1939. They were married for 68 years.

She was a teacher, caregiver, farmer’s wife, loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She maintained the Flusche and Zimmerer Family histories for as long as she was able.

Raymond and Magdalene had six children – Ray, Richard, Pat, Linda, Cliff, and Mary Jane. Her husband, Raymond, and two daughters preceded her in death – Raymond in Gainesville on June 5, 2007, Linda Kathleen Leijonflycht in Davis, CA on August 7, 1998 and Mary Jane in Gainesville on May 9, 1958. Magdalene is also preceded in death by five brothers and their wives – Lawrence, Al, Coonie, JP and Andy Flusche and three sisters and their husbands, Mrs. Henry (Anna Flusche) Henscheid, Mrs. Joe (Ida Flusche) Neu, and Mrs. Paul (Marcella Flusche) Fetsch.

She is survived by her brother, Urban, and two sisters - Mrs. Lawrence (Marie Flusche) Zimmerer and Mrs. Gus (Armella Flusche) Lutkenhaus. She is also survived by four children and their spouses - Ray and Ida Zimmerer of Mabank, Richard and Delores Zimmerer of Grapevine, Cliff and Charmaine Zimmerer of Tampa, Florida, Pat Zimmerer of Denton, eight grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Rosary will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home.


Funeral Mass will be held at the Sacred Heart Church in Muenster Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 10:00 am. Burial will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery under the direction of Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home of Gainesville.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made in memory of Magdalene Flusche Zimmerer to the Sacred Heart School Trust Fund, PO Box 97, Muenster, TX 76252.