Janet E. Zitzmann

                Janet Evelyn Zitzmann, age 82, of Heritage Hunt in Gainesville, VA, died Wednesday, July 10, 2013, at a nursing facility in Winchester, VA.  Mrs. Zitzmann was born in 1930 in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of the late Walter and Magdalena Smith. She was a homemaker, a frequent volunteer in her community and a member of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Herndon, Virginia, for 25 years.  While a Virginia resident, she served several years at The Closet, a charitable thrift shop in Herndon, including a period as vice president and member of the governing board.  Earlier, as a Rockville, Maryland resident for 18 years, she was active in local civic associations and in city and county election campaigns.

She married Frank Richard Zitzmann on December 14, 1958 in Brooklyn, New York.  Mr. Zitzmann retired in 1998 as a senior executive in NOAA/NWS.  His earlier private-industry employers in the Washington, D.C. area included Comsat and IBM.

Surviving with her husband is a son, Douglas Clark Zitzmann; grandchildren, Eric Zitzmann, Alaina Zitzmann, Genevieve Zitzmann, Mark Zitzmann, and William Zitzmann, and a sister, Mildred Dietzsch of Troy, New York. A brother, Walter Smith, preceded her in death.

A graveside service was conducted at 2:00 pm on Friday, July 19, at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.  A memorial service will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. on July 28, 2013 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Herndon, VA, with Reverend William H. Flammann officiating.

To honor the memory of Mrs. Zitzmann, contributions may be made to Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, 14 Penn Plaza, Suite 1710, New York, NY 10122 or http://www.ocrf.org/donatenow

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