Novato Cemetery at Pioneer Park in Marin County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Friedrich (Fred) Zeh, Jr.
Photographed by Joseph Alvarado
1. Friedrich (Fred) Zeh, Jr. Marker
Inscription.
Friedrich (Fred) Zeh, Jr. was born September 7, 1904, in Darmstadt, Germany. His father Fiedrich and his mother Marie Kirchbaum Zeh came to the United States in 1906. They purchased land at 1854 Indian Valley Road and operated a chicken ranch. Fred went to work as a civilian rated as a roller operator for Contractors Pacific Naval Air Base. World War II began for the United States, December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Fred was captured on Wake Island by the enemy December 23, 1941. He died from pneumonia February 28, 1944, at the Fukuoka Prisoner of War Camp at Sasebo on the Island of Kyushu, Japan. After the war a headboard at a grave and a buried canteen containing papers identified Freds burial site. His remains were brought back to the States and his ashes were placed here July 20, 1949, with Presbyterian Pastor Seth A. Parker officiating. Fred was given veteran status November 23, 1977, by the United States Government.
Friedrich (Fred) Zeh, Jr. was born September 7, 1904, in Darmstadt, Germany. His father Fiedrich and his mother Marie Kirchbaum Zeh came to the United States in 1906. They purchased land at 1854 Indian Valley Road and operated a chicken ranch. Fred went to work as a civilian rated as a roller operator for Contractors Pacific Naval Air Base. World War II began for the United States, December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Fred was captured on Wake Island by the enemy December 23, 1941. He died from pneumonia February 28, 1944, at the Fukuoka Prisoner of War Camp at Sasebo on the Island of Kyushu, Japan. After the war a headboard at a grave and a buried canteen containing papers identified Freds burial site. His remains were brought back to the States and his ashes were placed here July 20, 1949, with Presbyterian Pastor Seth A. Parker officiating. Fred was given veteran status November 23, 1977, by the United States Government.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is December 23, 1941.
Location. 38° 6.773′ N, 122° 35.355′ W.
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Marker is in Novato, California, in Marin County. It is in Novato Cemetery at Pioneer Park. It can be reached from Simmons Lane north of Virginia Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1007 Simmons Lane, Novato CA 94945, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in California’s San Francisco Bay Area, in the North Coast, and specifically on the Coast Ranges. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
More about this marker. "Originally called Sweetser Cemetery, then by 1898, Novato Cemetery, now Pioneer Memorial Cemetery and located in Pioneer Park. The cemetery is mostly on a very small hill with easy parking and easy access. The cemetery is inactive but the children's playground in Pioneer Park can be most active. The Marin County Recorder has a Plat Map of the cemetery dated January, 1898, filed in December of that year." -Find A Grave
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Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, June 17, 2023
3. Friedrich (Fred) Zeh, Jr. Gravesite
Credits. This page was last revised on August 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 26, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. This page has been viewed 258 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on June 26, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.
