Steven Max Zeissig
August 3, 1949 - February 21, 2020
Steven Max Zeissig, age 70, of Huntington, died at 9:45 p.m. Friday, February 21, 2020 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Visitation will be from 3 – 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, February 27, 2020 at Bailey-Love Mortuary with Rev. Zen Hess officiating. There will be one hour of visitation prior to the service. Burial will be in Zion Cemetery in Huntington County. Preferred memorials are to Kathleen Zeissig, in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana, 46750. Steven was born on August 3, 1949 in Fort Wayne, the son of Werner O. and Doris Eileen (Stuckey) Zeissig. He graduated from Concordia Lutheran High School in 1967 and married Kathleen Foust on October 2, 1971 at Zion Church in Huntington. For 52 years, Steven worked as a tool and die maker at Hower Tool in Ossian, which later became Akron Equipment and is now Haven Manufacturing. He attended Zion United Methodist Church. He enjoyed working on lawn mowers and fixing things, and he liked flying radio-controlled planes. He enjoyed going to his grandchildren’s activities and he loved his family dearly, especially his dog companions Lucie and Peanut. Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Kathleen Zeissig of Huntington, children Carrie Shipbaugh and Matthew Zeissig, both of Huntington and Lorrie (Michael Jojola) Zeissig and Tracie (Justin) Saunders, both of Andrews, brothers Tom (Marcy) Zeissig of Fort Wayne, Gary Zeissig of Markle, and Jon (Cindy) Zeissig of Georgetown, Kentucky, and a sister, Sue (Dennis) Oberlie of Lander, Wyoming. Also surviving are grandchildren Rylie Shipbaugh, Ryan Shipbaugh, Freeman LaCroix III, MacKenzie LaCroix, Hunter Saunders, Taryn Jojola, Kayla Rosen, Kylee Jojola, and Waylon Rosen, and several nieces and nephews. His father and a son-in-law, Kevin Shipbaugh precede him in death.
Steven Max Zeissig, age 70, of Huntington, died at 9:45 p.m. Friday, February 21, 2020 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Visitation will be from 3 – 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West... View Obituary & Service Information