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Posted by Derrick Forsythe <forsythe@tic.ab.ca> on Tue, 16 Nov 1999 23:50:50 -0700
BGen Zeigler passed away over the weekend - for those of you unfamiliar with
his career he was the guy who fired a Whiskey Target in the Liri valley
Italy in ‘44 something like 663 guns rate 5. He started as a boy soldier in
61 Bty in the 30‘s prior to heading off to europe in 39.
One of the few war heros we had left....
William Smith Ziegler
CBE, DSO, ED
B.Sc.Eng. Civil P Eng
Brigadier retired
W.S. Ziegler died in Edmonton on Sunday, the 14th of November after a brief
illness. He was 88.
Born in Calgary in1911, the son of William George Ziegler and Elizabeth
Smith, Bill received his early schooling in that city. He served in the
Second World War with the Canadian Army in Italy and Holland. He was
promoted Brigadier at age 33 as Commander Royal Artillery, First Canadian
Infantry Division. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1944
and was made a Commander of the British Empire in 1945.
Bill served with the British Foreign Office in occupied Germany, later
joining Canadian National Railways in Montreal where he rose to be
vice-president personnel. Bill served as president of Inland Cement from
1956 until his retirement in 1973.
One of his proudest accomplishments was earning his B.Sc.Engineering Civil
in 1995, at age 84, from the University of Alberta. His studies had been
interrupted in 1939 when he went to war. Bill remembered his alma mater:
"They gave me an orderly mind," he said.
He served as director of Genstar Limited, as a governor of the Arctic
Institute of North America, as vice-chair of the Mid Canada Development
Corridor Corp., as honorary Colonel of the COTC at the University of
Alberta, was general chairman of the fourth and seventh conferences of the
National Northern Development Conference series.
He was a member of the advisory council of CESO, served as a member of the
Salvation Army Edmonton Advisory Board and the Duke of Edinburgh‘s Award in
Canada. He helped with the founding of Junior Achievement in northern
Alberta and the Edmonton Community Chest, now the United Way.
Bill‘s wife Mildred Elizabeth Dean died in 1980, his grandson William in
1981. He is survived by his son, Rod and daughter-in-law Gretchen.
Bill died well with the same courage, determination and single mindedness
of purpose that he showed throughout his life. Ubique!
Funeral services will be held, Wednesday, 17 November at 1:30 p.m., St.
Andrews United Church, 9915-148 Street. In lieu of flowers, donations to
the Salvation Army or the charity of choice.
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BGen Zeigler passed away over the weekend - for those of you unfamiliar with
his career he was the guy who fired a Whiskey Target in the Liri valley
Italy in ‘44 something like 663 guns rate 5. He started as a boy soldier in
61 Bty in the 30‘s prior to heading off to europe in 39.
One of the few war heros we had left....
William Smith Ziegler
CBE, DSO, ED
B.Sc.Eng. Civil P Eng
Brigadier retired
W.S. Ziegler died in Edmonton on Sunday, the 14th of November after a brief
illness. He was 88.
Born in Calgary in1911, the son of William George Ziegler and Elizabeth
Smith, Bill received his early schooling in that city. He served in the
Second World War with the Canadian Army in Italy and Holland. He was
promoted Brigadier at age 33 as Commander Royal Artillery, First Canadian
Infantry Division. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1944
and was made a Commander of the British Empire in 1945.
Bill served with the British Foreign Office in occupied Germany, later
joining Canadian National Railways in Montreal where he rose to be
vice-president personnel. Bill served as president of Inland Cement from
1956 until his retirement in 1973.
One of his proudest accomplishments was earning his B.Sc.Engineering Civil
in 1995, at age 84, from the University of Alberta. His studies had been
interrupted in 1939 when he went to war. Bill remembered his alma mater:
"They gave me an orderly mind," he said.
He served as director of Genstar Limited, as a governor of the Arctic
Institute of North America, as vice-chair of the Mid Canada Development
Corridor Corp., as honorary Colonel of the COTC at the University of
Alberta, was general chairman of the fourth and seventh conferences of the
National Northern Development Conference series.
He was a member of the advisory council of CESO, served as a member of the
Salvation Army Edmonton Advisory Board and the Duke of Edinburgh‘s Award in
Canada. He helped with the founding of Junior Achievement in northern
Alberta and the Edmonton Community Chest, now the United Way.
Bill‘s wife Mildred Elizabeth Dean died in 1980, his grandson William in
1981. He is survived by his son, Rod and daughter-in-law Gretchen.
Bill died well with the same courage, determination and single mindedness
of purpose that he showed throughout his life. Ubique!
Funeral services will be held, Wednesday, 17 November at 1:30 p.m., St.
Andrews United Church, 9915-148 Street. In lieu of flowers, donations to
the Salvation Army or the charity of choice.
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