Zierten, longtime Catholic press photographer, dies at age 74

Published: 2005-09-16

HUNTINGTON, Ind. (CNS) -- Longtime Catholic press photographer John A. Zierten, who spent more than three decades on the staff of Our Sunday Visitor, died Sept. 11 in Cincinnati after a long illness. A memorial service was to be held Sept. 17 at the First Church of the Nazarene in Huntington. Funeral and burial details were not available. He was remembered by colleagues as a warm and courageous journalist who always relished the opportunity to capture a story within a picture -- and would travel to the ends of the earth to do so. "John had a passion for his craft and a love of adventure that made him one of the best field photographers in the Catholic press for many years," said Greg Erlandson, president of Our Sunday Visitor Publishing in Huntington. During his long career at Our Sunday Visitor, he traveled to Asia, Africa, Central and Latin America and throughout the United States covering stories for the national Catholic weekly newspaper.

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