James J. Zaccaro

James J. Zaccaro

February 17, 1916 - October 18, 2004

James J. Zaccaro

February 17, 1916 - October 18, 2004

Obituary

James J. ?Zac? Zaccaro, 88, of Lake Forest, died on October 18, 2004 after suffering a severe head injury that resulted from a fall. He was a textbook example of ?America’s Greatest Generation.? Zac was born in San Bernardino, California on February 17, 1916. On June 11, 1938, he was married to Gertrude Rose Diebling. After serving in the South Pacific during WWII, he received an Honorable discharge from the Army in 1946. In 1950, he and Gert proudly purchased their first home in Norwalk, California. He lived in the same house for more than 50 years. He retired from Owens Illinois Glass Company, where he had worked for more than 42 years. His career included promotions from factory Helper to Apprentice to Journeyman Machinist. Zac had three passions during his life, his family, golf and baseball. He played golf for more than 70 years. He made custom golf clubs as a hobby. Throughout his life, he was a fine athlete. In his youth, he played semi-pro baseball. After Gert died in 1977, he never remarried. He is survived by two sons, their wives, Jim Anne, Rick Sheri, and five grandsons, Jonathan, Tony, Michael, Greg and Jeff. He was a wonderful, generous human being and he will be deeply missed. A Memorial Service will be held at O’Connor Laguna Hills Mortuary on Wednesday the 27th of October at 1:00pm.

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13 responses to James J. Zaccaro

  1. Thoughts of you will be with us always.
    Rob and Betsy

  2. We are so sorry to hear about Uncle Jim’s passing. Uncle Jim was always very special to me after living with him for those years that I was in college. He was so easy to live with, and I always felt like I was at home with him. I will miss him very much.

    You all are in our thoughts and prayers.

  3. Uncle Jim was one of the nicest people I have ever met. He made me feel welcome when I married into the family. I will miss the conversations that we had at the Christmas Eve gatherings at Vi’s house and the family picnics. He will be sorely missed by Maria and myself. Rest in peace Uncle Jim.

  4. OH HOW WE MISS YOU UNCLE ZACK,HE WAS
    THE KINDEST MOST HELPFUL MAN I HAVE
    EVER KNOWN, GOD BLESS YOU WE LOVED
    YOU DEARLY — JACK & PAT

  5. Rest in peace Uncle Jim. We are sorry that Uncle Jim is gone but we are happy that we were able to spend time with him at the Fam Picnic last Sept. He will be missed by all of us Love to all Bob,Sandy,Robbie,Robin,Regin,Renee,And DorisHis sister

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