David Zandlo

David Joseph Zandlo, age 71, died from complications of Alzheimer's disease on May 27, 2012. David was born August 7, 1940, the son of Joseph and Ingaborg (Johnson) Zandlo in Minneapolis, MN. He grew up in North Minneapolis and attended St. Philips Catholic School and church where he was an altar boy. Dave worked hard his whole life, never taking a day off for himself. At age 12 he built a shoe shine kit and shined shoes on the street corners in North Minneapolis. He also had a paper route, was a caddy at Golden Valley Country Club, worked as fountain boy at Cass Drug, worked in production at Bridgeman's Ice Cream and finally bought Twin City Furnace Company in St. Paul, which he bought from his wife Joan's father Robert Petersen. Dave owned and operated Twin City Furnace for thirty years. Dave would marry the former Joan Petersen on March 9, 1968 in Minneapolis, MN. He and Joan joined Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in 1968 and all his children attended Immaculate Conception Catholic School. He loved sports and was an original season ticket holder for the Minnesota North Stars. Dave was VERY proud of his Polish heritage, Family ALWAYS came first and his words to live by were, "Don't worry about the things you can't control and have fun in life."
Dave is lovingly survived by his wife Joan; children Lynda (Jon) Neumann of East Bethel, Joe Zandlo of Chicago & Ann-Marie (John) Skubitz of LeSueur; also by brother Stephen Zandlo. David was a devoted grandpa to Tina (Shawn) Towle, Katie Neumann, Jack Skubitz, Joey Skubitz & super dog Ranger Zandlo. Preceded in death by brother Michael Zandlo & sister Joanna Anderson. He will be missed by a large extended family, good friends, neighbors, work colleagues and his customers of Twin City Furnace.