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when he remarried on December 11, 1971 in Lakeshore, MS. He married Alice Holden Maskew, the mother of his sister-in-law, Mittie Maskew, who was the wife of his brother, Herbert C. Zengarling. Alice Holden was the widow of John William ?Willie? Maskew. They, of course, had no children.
Family strongly suspects that Robert has a son by a LaFontaine woman in Lakeshore, MS. They said he has light skin, blue eyes, and looks very much like Robert, while his siblings mostly have dark hair, dark eyes, and dark complexion. If true, only a DNA test will confirm this story.
8.	Velma Agnes ?Red? Zengarling ? bom on July 4, 1912 in Bayou La Croix, MS. She was baptized on September 8, 1912 at Annunciation Church in Kiln, MS. She died at Hancock Medical Center in Bay St. Louis, on April 30, 1995 of heart failure and is buried in a tomb with her husband in St. Mary?s Cemetery in Bay St. Louis. Velma grew up in a large family and lived on a farm. She stayed busy taking care of her parents, several unmarried brothers, and one younger sister until her marriage after which she moved to Bay St. Louis. She married Carl Jacob George Heitzmann on August 7, 1945 in the Bayou La Croix Catholic Church. The record is on file at Our Lady of the Gulf Church in Bay St. Louis. Carl was born on December 22, 1908 in Bay St. Louis, the son of George Heitzmann and Pauline Catenaro. The story of how she met and married Carl is given in our ?Heitzmann? history. In mid-life she was 5?3? tall, 115 lbs., blue eyes, with red hair, thus the nick-name, ?Red.? She received the genes for her red hair from her great-grandmother, Jane Davis Brown. Velma?s mother use to tell her that she was her ?special child? because of her red hair. Velma was a very intelligent person for having a limited education. Her personality was somewhat timid, but she was always helping someone. Velma was raised to be a good Catholic - a religion she devoutly followed her entire life. Following her husband?s death, she attended mass almost daily.
In 1975 she wrote ?My Autobiography? in a standard spiral notebook. It tells of her life as a child, her husband, children, and life in general. That same year she wrote ?Mother,? a story about the joys and disappointments that come with motherhood. The story was professionally copied in fancy script with colored borders and framed. We have it in our possession today. She also kept a small notebook ?diary? of various events covering her married life including some of her financial transactions.
The first eight years of her education was at the small ?Dillville? Public School located approximately one mile from her home. We have photographs of this old school. It was a ?one room? school that taught the first grade through the eight grade. It was at this school that the Zengarling children and the other children in the Bayou La Croix Community received their basic education. After completing the eight grade, and because of her eagerness to learn, her mother allowed her to go to St. Joseph Academy in Bay St. Louis. This was an all girl?s Catholic school run by the Sisters of St. Joseph. She lived on campus during the week, and then someone would return her home on Friday evenings. She said she was ?so homesick? at first, but that passed as she
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