Mary Zimmerman

.Mary Brun Zimmerman, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother died peacefully on January 21, 2012 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland on March 28, 1915 the youngest of two children to the late Edward and Ada Lee Brun.

Mary graduated from public high school in Baltimore in 1932. Upon graduation, she entered Memorial Hospital Nursing School in Baltimore, and upon graduation entered the U. S. Army, Johns Hopkins Medical Corps. She served in the Southwest Pacific Theater from June, 1942 until the end of World War II. She served in Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines and participated in and the Philippine Liberation Campaign, for which she received the Campaign Ribbon and Bronze Star.

Upon her discharge from the army in 1946, Mary served as a nurse in Baltimore, until marrying the late H. Lyttleton Zimmerman, also of Baltimore. Mary and Lyt lived in Huntingdon Pennsylvania, Sanford, Florida Pompano Beach, Florida and Decherd Tennessee. They had three children, Stephen Francis of Colorado Springs, Mary Amicie of Nashville, Tennessee and Catherine Eleanor Caulfield Clark of Decherd, Tennessee.

Mary is also survived by her grandchildren, Jessica Pinkston (Chad), Leland Deustch and Jonathan Zimmerman (Paulita), and by two great grand children Finn and Sam Pinkston.

Mary was a beloved wife and mother, a faithful member of the Episcopal Church and an active participant in community life. She served for years as Director of Volunteers for and later as coordinator for active duty service members and their familes for the Red Cross in Broward County Florida, as well as numerous church and charity organizations in Florida and Tennessee. Since moving to Colorado Springs, in November, 2009, Mary lived at the Village At Skyline Retirement Community. She died full of faith and hope, without suffering and without reproach.

A memorial service will be held at Grace and Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 601 N. Tejon St., Colorado Springs on Saturday, January 28th, at 11:00 a.m. with a reception following in the parish hall. Memorial donations may be made to the Red Cross, Easter Seal Foundation or Grace and Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church.