ZIEGENBEIN, DR. R. C. (RUDOLPH)
Ashland Gazette; October 1997
Dr. R. C. Ziegenbein

Dr. R. C. Ziegenbein, 96, of Norfolk, died on Oct. 23. He was born Jan. 9, 1901, in 
Memphis to Charles H. and Martha Ziegenbein and was one of eleven children, eight 
sons and three daughters. Dr. Ziegenbein, who was known to his friends as Rudy 
completed his secondary education in Memphis and Ashland, where he graduated in 
1920. He then entered the University of Nebraska College of Dentistry and graduated 
there in 1925. Before departing the university, Ziegenbein earned a varsity letter in 
baseball in 1922.

Dr. Ziegenbein practiced dentistry in Beemer and Wisner, before joining the 
Norfolk Regional Center. He retired from the Regional Center in 1974. He was 
a member of the United Methodist Church of Norfolk and the Norfolk 
Country Club where he began his membership in 1946. Dr. Ziegenbein, along 
with his seven brothers, belonged to the Sesostris Shrine Temple of Lincoln 
and the Ashland Pomegranate Masonic Lodge 110. Ziegenbein and six of his 
brothers played in the Shrine Band for a number of years.

Dr. Ziegenbein was married to Margaret Wupper who died March 14, 1977. 
On November 5, 1983, he married Erma M. Scheibe who died Feb. 6, 1991. 
He was also preceded in death by his only child, Charles. Surviving are four 
grandchildren, Charles Ziegenbein, Merrimac Mass.; Susan Flint, Plano, Tex.; 
Laurie Brosnan, Andover, Mass.; and Cathy Ann Kea, Charlestown, Mass.; 
and two brothers, Walter of Lakewood, Colo., and Carl of Ashland. Services 
are tentatively scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 30, at Memorial Park in Lincoln. 
Roper and Sons Mortuary, Lincoln, in charge of arrangements.