Leopold Zwicker

MIDDLEBURY- Mr. Leopold Zwicker, 88 of Middlebury, passed away late Sunday evening Dec. 30, 2012 at the Lutheran Home of Southbury. He was the wife of Janice (Allen) (Fitzgerald) Zwicker.

Mr. Zwicker was born in Manhattan, N.Y, June 26, 1924, a son of the late Joseph and Sadie (Kobrin) Zwicker and had been a Middlebury resident since 1987, moving here from Queens, N.Y. He was a WW II U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, having served with the 33rd Air Depot Group Repair Squadron. He was the recipient of the American, European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medals, the Good Conduct Medal and the WW II Victory Medal. He was educated in the New York school system and a graduate of James Monroe High School in the Bronx and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from New York University in 1950. He held various management positions over the years and retired in 1988 as a District Supervisor with the IPCO Div. of Gilson Uniforms after 13 years of service.

Besides his wife of 24 years, he leaves one son, Joseph Zwicker and his wife Maggie Jones of Newton, Mass.; his wife's children, Cathy Swetz of Bolton, John Fitzgerald of Waterbury and Pat Fitzgerald of Watertown; one brother Irving Zwicker of Indian Lake, CA; 2 grandchildren, Adeline Zwicker-Jones and Lucia Zwicker-Jones and his wife's grandchildren, Jamie, Joey, Matt, Bryan, and Shaina.

Funeral services will be held on Sunday Jan. 6, 2013 at 12 noon at the Alderson Funeral Home of Waterbury, 9 Holmes Ave., with Rabbi Eric Silver officiating. Burial will follow in Lake Elise Cemetery, Middlebury. There are no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Assoc., Conn. Chapter, 2075 Silas Deane Hwy, Suite 100 Rocky Hill, CT 06067-2338.