Ethel Rose (Hosek) Zott

Ethel Rose Zott, 93, of Hebron and formerly of Montvale, NJ, widow of the late Frederick D. Zott, Sr., passed away peacefully Wednesday (March 22, 2017) at home.

Born March 14, 1924 in Brooklyn, NY and raised in Bloomfield, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Annie (Rose) Hosek.

Ethel spent most of her life, and raised her family in New Jersey. She went to post-secondary school for secretarial and office management skills and had a career working at Rockland Psychiatric Hospital.

Ethel was particularly interested in family history, both by volunteering at the Family History Library in Manchester and actively pursuing genealogical research of her own family, traveling to many places to gather information. She also enjoyed oil painting, of which she was especially talented, as well as making dolls and doll houses.

She is survived by her three children and their spouses, Pamela and Lanny White, Valerie and Bruce Stubaus and Frederick and Roseann Zott, Jr.; four grandchildren, Jennifer Wilk, Tracy Popolizio, Samantha Schadtle, and Frederick Zott, III; six great grandchildren, Ashleigh, Robert, Alexis, Daniel, Grace, and Robi; five great-great grandchildren, Lileigh, Maria, Elliot, Logan, and Andy; as well as many extended family and friends.  In addition to her husband and parents, she was predeceased by two brothers, William Hosek and Robert Hosek; son, Frederick R. Zott; and grandson, Jeffrey White.

A Chapel Service will be observed 10 AM Monday (March 27, 2017) at George Washington Memorial Park, 243 Paramus Road, Paramus, NJ. 

In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Masonicare Hospice, P.O. Box 70, Wallingford 06492 (www.masonicare.org) or to the CT Humane Society, 701 Russell Road, Newington 06111 (www.cthumane.org).

Care of arrangements has been entrusted to the Aurora-McCarthy Funeral Home of Colchester.