Obituary - Harold Zenger, Sr.

Monday, May 21, 2001
THE JUNEAU EMPIRE

Harold H. Zenger Sr. died on Sunday, May 20, 2001, in Juneau.

A memorial service will be held at the Juneau Moose Lodge at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 26.

A more complete obituary will be published at a future date.

Friday, May 25, 2001
THE JUNEAU EMPIRE
Harold Zenger Sr.

Lifelong Juneau resident Harold H. Zenger Sr. died on May 20, 2001, in Juneau.

He was born in Juneau on March 9, 1922. He graduated from Juneau High School in 1940. During World War II he served in the U.S. Coast Guard beginning July 8th, 1942 and received an Honorable Discharge on Nov. 3, 1945.

Before his service in the Coast Guard, he worked on the Alaska Railroad as a laborer near Whittier. After the war he opened Zenger's Appliance Store in downtown Juneau. He also worked as an electrician, a radio repairman, and as a vessel captain for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

Upon his retirement from Fish and Game, he founded North Pacific Aquaculture Development Corp. and developed a salmon egg incubator system that is used in Alaska and all over the world. He traveled extensively throughout Alaska, Canada, and Washington state assisting with the development of aquaculture systems. In the early 1990s he went to China to help the Chinese government set up a salmon hatchery near the Russia-China border using his incubation boxes.

He belonged to Moose Lodge #700 for many years and in 1998 received one of their highest honors, the Pilgrims Degree. He was also a member of Elks Lodge #420.

He was preceded in death by his father, Alfred Zenger Sr.; his mother, Silva Zenger; and his brother Charles Zenger.
He is survived by his wife, Beth Floyd-Zenger of Juneau; his two sons Harold H. "Skip" Zenger Jr. of Bothell, Wash., and Don Zenger of Douglas; his two brothers, Alfred Zenger Jr. of Indian Harbor Beach, Fla., and Ned Zenger of Post Falls, Idaho; his first wife, Mildred Zenger of Auke Bay; his grandchildren Adam and Michelle Holland-Zenger of Juneau, Annie Zenger and Bil Rosky of Oceanside, Calif., Eloise Zenger and Nico Zenger of Bothell, Wash., Michelle D. Zenger of Douglas; his eight nephews, nieces, and their children.

A memorial service will be held at the Juneau Moose Lodge at 8335 Old Dairy Road at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 26.