Fr John A. Otto Eisenzimmer (1912-2001)

Fr John A. Otto Eisenzimmer

Birth

28 Nov 1912

Balta, Pierce County, North Dakota, USA

Death

7 May 2001 (aged 88)

Cold Spring, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA

Burial

Saint Boniface Cemetery

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The Rev. John A Otto Eisenzimmer

Cold Spring MN

May 7, 2001

He was ordained at St. John's Seminary, Collegeville, by Bishop Busch of St. Cloud in 1939

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Boniface Catholic Church for the Rev. John A. Otto, 88, who died Monday at Assumption Nursing Home.

Burial will be in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call after 9 a.m. Friday at the St. Boniface Catholic Church Narthex.

Arrangements were made by Wenner Funeral Home, Cold Spring.

The Rev. John Otto Eisenzimmer was born in Balta, N.D., to Rochus and Agnes Eisenzimmer. He was ordained at St. John's Seminary, Collegeville, by Bishop Busch of St. Cloud in 1939. He received his doctorate degree in philosophy from St. Michael's, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

He taught philosophy at St. John's University, Collegeville; St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa; St. Joseph University, Philadelphia; and Notre Dame Academy in Los Angeles. Since his retirement, he has translated volumes in French and German to English. He had more than two dozen works published.

Survivors include his brothers and sisters, Ralph Blake of Mobile, Ala., Barbara Berns, Rose Alexander and Paul Eisenzimmer of Cold Spring, Doris Reitmeier of St. Cloud, Clare Scott of Los Angeles, Edward Eisenzimmer of Fresno, Calif., Jerome "Bud" Eisenzimmer of Edmonds, Wash, and Marcella Weber of Plymouth.

He was preceded in death by his sister and brothers, Mary Fein, Rochus Jr., Ray and Ike.

Memorials are preferred to St. Boniface Catholic School and Church.