Fr. David Zink

Fr. David Zink, age 80, of Carthagena, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2026 at the St. Charles Seminary. He was born on April 24, 1946 in Dayton to the late Roy & Janice Zink.

Fr. Zink was ordained on June 6, 1990. He received his first assignment as Associate Pastor of St. Helen in Dayton on June 26, 1990 before becoming a temporary administrator in 1992. He was then appointed in 1993 as the parochial vicar of Holy Angels Catholic Church in Sidney until 1997 when he was made pastor of St. Mary in Urbana and Sacred Heart Church in New Paris. In 2001, he was appointed the pastor of St. Nicholas Church in Osgood and St. Louis Church in North Star where he remained pastor until his retirement from active ministry in 2019.

A mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 AM on Thursday, September 10 at St. Louis Catholic Church, North Star. Presiding will be Archbishop Robert Casey, and Fr. John Tonkin, homilist. A rosary will begin at 10:00 AM in the gathering room of St. Louis Church. Burial will follow in St. Louis Cemetery. Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com.