Zimmerman, Zip

Francis Eugene "Zip" Zimmerman, son of William F. Zimmerman & Loretta Weaver, was born 30 April 1938 in Hays, Kansas. He died 13 October 2014 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Zimmerman was a professional photographer having served as the official U.S. Navy photographer for the Apollo 8 splashdown, and serving President's Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford as a personal White House Press photographer, traveling to historical summits, treaties, and countries with the presidents and their dignitaries.

Zip's Volga German ancestors came from the colonies of Katharinenstadt and Ober-Monjou.