Zeno A. Bell

Service Details

His Homegoing Service will be held on Saturday, March 23^rd at 11:00 a.m. in the Draeger-Langendorf Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service. Burial will follow in Graceland Cemetery.

For those that would like to view the service via livestream, you may click on this link at 11:00 https://youtube.com/live/ueTDbvdBwho?feature=share  Due to music licensing, you may experience the absence of sound until a licensed song is completed.

Zeno A. Bell, 74, was called home by his Lord and Savior, on Friday March 8, 2024. He was born in Earle, Arkansas, on October 11, 1949, the son of the late Marvin and Eddie Lee (nee: Berry) Bell.

Zeno was a God-Fearing Man, who accepted Christ at a young age and was a current member of Christ the King Church in Milwaukee, WI.

Zeno was a man of many talents and traits. He served in the United States Army and received the National Defense Service Medal when he was Honorably Discharged in 1972. He worked at American Motors Chrysler, Johnson Wax, and also as a U. S. Mail carrier.  He went on to receive his CDL and drove trucks for 10+ years and later started a career driving for Greyhound bus. He worked at Capitol Husting in Milwaukee delivering alcoholic beverages for many taverns and restaurants, and served as a known bartender at Betty’s Corner. He was a member of the Free Mason Lodge branch #111.

Zeno has a very unique voice; you knew when you heard that voice, it was going to be a party. He loved to shoot pool, darts, and attend tournaments. He loved blues music, dancing, fishing, traveling with his family, and entertaining family at barbecues. His family will always remember the potato salad contest between him and his life partner, Joyce, at the cookouts. He enjoyed playing the slots at Potawatomi and going to the horse track.

Zeno leaves to cherish his memory his former wife,  Lynette Bell, and their two daughters, Sherine and Shalanda of Racine. His stepson, Frantino Flucas Sr., of Milwaukee. Six grandchildren; Amari, LaQuette, Quavion, Christine, Frantino Jr. and Bralen; five great- grandchildren; his sister, Jean King,  and his brothers, Donnie (Annie) Berry of Racine, WI, Alphonso (Nancy) Berry of Michigan, Cleminstine (Delphine) Berry of Poplar Bluff, Missouri; special sister-in-law, Helen Wortham, of Milwaukee, WI; sister, Beverly (John) Wagner of Minneapolis, MN; sister, Emily (Jerome) Boyed of Coral Springs, Fl and a host of nieces, nephews, and other loving relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his lifetime partner, Joyce B Howard; his brothers, Billy Joe Wortham, Odell Wortham, Will Eddie Wortham, and James Edward; his sister, Gladys Bell, Florteen Bruce, Ronda Sanders, Jannett D. Bell, and Dawn D. Bell.