John Zenas Rhodenizer 2000 Halifax Chronicle Herald Published: Thursday, January 20, 2000. >From the collection of Gwen Christie John Zenas Rhodenizer, 91, Second Peninsula, died Tuesday, January 18, 2000, in the South Shore Regional Hospital, Bridgewater. Born at Big Tancook Island, he was a son of the late William and Bessie (Stevens) Rhodenizer. In his earlier years he moved from the Big Tancook Island with his parents to reside at Mosher's Island, and then later to Second Peninsula, where he was a resident until his passing. John was a fisherman in his younger days and then worked as a shipbuilder from 1951 until his retirement with Smith and Rhuland, Shipbuilders, Lunenburg in 1979. While at Smith and Rhuland, he worked on the replica HMS Bounty and the Bluenose II. He enjoyed the outdoors and was an avid sailor, gardener, and John also spent many hours at his model boat building. He was a pioneer and layperson in the formation of Pentecostal Churches in Lunenburg County and John was a faithful member of the New Life Christian Church, Bridgewater and Calvary Temple Pentecostal Church, Mahone Bay.His family and his work in the church were a very important part of his life and he will be greatly missed by many family and friends. He is survived by his daughter, Patricia and her husband Randy Smith, Second Peninsula; his son, John, Bath, Ontario; brother, William and his wife Gladys, Pleasantville; four grandchildren, Arthur and Gillian Smith and Sarita and Christopher Rhodenizer; and a great-granddaughter, Aceah; many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife,the former Blanche Olive Jeane Cross; sisters, Ida, Beulah, Lilie, and Blanche; brothers,Clarence, Randolph, and Pearlie. Visitation will be held 7-9 p.m. today in Dana L. Sweeny Funeral Home, Lunenburg. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Friday, in Calvary Temple Pentecostal Church, Mahone Bay, Rev. James Haughn and Rev. Carman Webb officiating. Interment will be in the Second Peninsula Cemetery, Second Peninsula. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia, the New Life Christian Church, Bridgewater, or to Calvary Temple Pentecostal Church, Mahone Bay.