FORT WORTH — Paola Gordon Zinnecker, 86, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday in Mayfield Kiser Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Paola was born June 22, 1925, in Rome, Italy. A professor, she retired from teaching from the University of Texas at Tyler. Paola was a lifelong animal lover. She was a devoted mother, grandmother and teacher and will be greatly missed. Survivors: Sons, Clayton Zinnecker, Alan Williams and wife, Tanya, and Derek Williams and wife, Maryanne; daughters, Susana Williams and Karen Burk and husband, Brian; grandchildren, Katharine, Holly, Samantha and Diana; and two great-grandchildren.
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Zinnecker-Williams Family, Our thoughts, prayers are with you at this time. We have been family since the marriage of Derek & Maryanne, In Denver, Colorado…..So many years ago.
We will have you in our thoughts, this Saturday & always.
Respectfully, Mary Pulte (Maryanne’s Mom).
Please accept our deepest condolences for your loss.
Sincerely,
Steve & Shelly Easley
TxDOT
Derek,
Our prayers are with you & your family today and always.
All our love
The Vanderhoof family
Dear Karen and family,
Thinking of you all-God Bless.
Susie Henry
Paola,
I will always cherish the time you and I enjoyed together. The visit to the art museum viewing the impressionism art was the highlight. Thank you for raising such a very fine man, Derek.
With hugs,
Marc and Dianne Weisberg
Family of Paola Zinnecker,
My deepest sympathy on your loss. I knew Paola when she was an instructional coordinator in the Bilingual/ESL department of the Austin Independent School District where I was the coordinator for foreign languages. She was a very intelligent woman and we were thrilled for her appointment at the University of Texas at Tyler. Mi más sentido pésame.
Michael
Michael G. Hydak
Dear Karen an Brian, and the entire family,
Although I did not know Paola personally, I feel the bond that unites even extended family members, so share your loss. I am so sorry that I was not able to join you at the services. Having lost my own mother five years ago, I can understand your loss, and particularly as you celebrate the lovely days of Christmas without her company. May the sight of the tiny baby in the Manger, the Son of God come in the most vulnerable and tender of forms remind you of the tender Father that gave life also to her, and Who must have lovingly received her back into those same loving arms that gave us our Savior. My thoughts and prayers are with you all in these days and those ahead. I hope to see you all soon. Blessings, and hold peace and hope in your hearts. May she rest in peace with God forever.