Mark Larry Zimmerman, age 56, of Spencer, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully at his home June 29, 2022.
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Mark Zimmerman mugs for a 'selfie' in 2017 with seventh-graders in an agri-science class focused on making soybean-based crayons.
The Zimmerman family attends the 2021 National FFA Convention, where Cortney Zimmerman is elected a vice-president for the organization. From left are Leeah Zimmerman and her husband, Aaron Zimmerman; Mark Zimmerman; Cortney Zimmerman; Cheryl Zimmerman; Jack Crowson; Ashley (Zimmerman) Crowson and Katelyn Zimmerman. Mark Zimmerman, Leeah Zimmerman, Katelyn Zimmerman, and Ashley and Jack Crowson are agriculture teachers. Cheryl Zimmerman is the executive director of the Wisconsin FFA Center.
The Zimmerman family attends the 2017 National FFA Convention. From left are Aaron, Mark, Cortney, Ashley, Cheryl and Katelyn Zimmerman. FFA is a family event for them. Aaron Zimmerman was on the 2017 main-stage graphics team for the FFA convention staff while Cortney represented the Spencer FFA chapter. Ashley Zimmerman was awarded her American FFA Degree. Cheryl Zimmerman is executive director of the Wisconsin FFA and Katelyn participated in the employment-skills leadership-development event. She also was named national proficiency award winner in agricultural education.
The Marathon County 4-H Livestock Skillathon Team represents Wisconsin at the 2015 North American International Livestock Exposition; the team placed seventh. Front row from left are team members Emma Walters and Katelyn Zimmerman; back row from left are team members Nathan Utecht and Jake Thunder, Coach Mark Zimmerman, and Bernie O’Rourke, University of Wisconsin-Extension youth livestock specialist.
Ashley Zimmerman, shown here in 2015 with father, Mark Zimmerman, and her show Simmental, followed in her father's footsteps by attending the University of Wisconsin-River Falls to major in agricultural education. She also inherited his love of Simmental cattle.
FFA State Star Farmer Ashley Zimmerman has help in 2015 from her dad, Mark Zimmerman, who also happened to be her FFA adviser and ag instructor at Spencer High School in Spencer, Wisconsin.
The Marathon County Quiz Bowl team in 2014 is, from left, Ashley Zimmerman, Katelyn Zimmerman, coach Mark Zimmerman, Nathan Utecht and Emma Walters.
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