This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZJYBAEB/1262 Message Board Post: Regina Bazler Zimmerman, 102, died on Saturday, (December 6, 2003) in Bradenton, FL. She was born in Poland and came to this country in 1918. She lived in Hartford and West Hartford, and was in the grocery business with her late husband, Louis Bazler, for over 20 years and was a caterer and restaurant owner in Westbrook and Old Saybrook in partnership with her late second husband, Harry Zimmerman. She has been a Florida resident since 1963. She was active in many Jewish causes, was one of the founders of Beth David Synagogue in West Hartford and was a life member of Hadassah and the Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Housing Council. She also received honors for her fund raising on behalf of B'nai B'rith and Pioneer Women (Na-amat). She is survived by her children, Doris and her husband, Bernie (White) of Cortez, FL; Ruth and her husband, Joseph (Kaplan) of Denver, CO, and Fred and his wife, Beva (Bazler), of Galway, Ireland; and grandchildren, Lewis, Clarke, Cynthia and Scott White pl! us Jason, Aaron, Eva and Erika Bazler and Kenneth Kaplan; in addition to nine great-grandchildren. Memorial donations may be made to any charity benefiting children. Funeral arrangements are being made through Toale Brothers, 912 53rd Ave., Bradenton, FL 34209 at 10 a.m. Thursday, December 11. Published in the Hartford Courant on 12/8/2003. (Volunteer Submitted)