| Name | Age | Date of Obit | Newspaper |
| Zaborowski, Betsy A. (advocate for the blind) | 58 | 12/3/2007 | HDR |
| Zadunaisky, Pedro Elias (astronomer) | 91 | 10/9/2009 | HDR |
| Zagaroli, Charlotte | 91 | 1/8/2012 | HDR |
| Zagaroli, Charlotte Esther Swanker | 91 | 1/11/2012 | HDR |
| Zaldarriaga, Teodoro Sales "Doring" | 85 | 4/8/2008 | HDR |
| Zalewski, Joseph Theodore | 93 | 3/13/2011 | HDR |
| Zalewski, Joseph Theodore | 93 | 3/15/2011 | ONE |
| Zaliagiris, Tom | 50 | 1/31/2007 | HDR |
| Zaliagiris, Tom | 50 | 2/1/2007 | ONE |
| Zambrano, Rufina Barros | 69 | 8/3/2012 | HDR |
| Zamparelli, Mario Armond (artist) | 91 | 9/11/2012 | HDR |
| Zantzinger, William | 69 | 1/13/2009 | HDR |
| Zaslow, Jeffrey (author) | 53 | 2/11/2012 | HDR |
| Zavala, Teresa Aguilera | x | 8/4/2006 | ONE |
| Zavala, Teresa Aguilera | x | 8/4/2006 | HDR |
| Zawinul, Joe (jazz keyboardist--Weather Report) | 75 | 9/12/2007 | HDR |
| Zeboski, Walt (AP photographer) | 83 | 11/14/2012 | HDR |
| Zeidler, Frank (former Milwaukee mayor) | 98 | 7/10/2006 | HDR |
| Zeigler, Ken | 90 | 4/5/2011 | HDR |
| Zeigler, Ken | 90 | 4/5/2011 | ONE |
| Zelman, Leon (Austria--founded the Jewish Welcome Service) | 79 | 7/12/2007 | HDR |
| Zenawi, Meles (Ethiopian ruler) | 57 | 8/22/2012 | HDR |
| Zepeda, Humberto | 17 | 3/19/2012 | HDR |
| Zepeda, Humberto | 17 | 3/20/2012 | ONE |
| Zerden, Marvin Sylvan (longtime merchant) | 1923 | 9/4/2008 | HDR |
| Zetterberg, Stephen L. | 92 | 2/6/2009 | HDR |
| Zettler, Yehoshua | 91 | 5/27/2009 | HDR |
| Zezel, Peter (NHL center--15 seasons) | 44 | 5/28/2009 | HDR |
| Zieff, Howard (film & commercial director) | 81 | 2/25/2009 | HDR |
| Ziegler, Dorothy Everidge | 90 | 1/5/2010 | HDR |
| Ziegler, Dorothy Everidge | 90 | 1/5/2010 | ONE |
| Ziglar, Don (helmsman of the USS Yorktown) | 81 | 3/6/2006 | HDR |
| Zilk, Helmut (Austrian mayor) | 81 | 10/26/2008 | HDR |
| Zimmer, Norma (singer--"Champagne Lady") | 87 | 5/13/2011 | HDR |
| Zimmerman, Dennis Alan "Zip" | 62 | 5/11/2009 | HDR |
| Zimmerman, Dottie (Natividad) Meno | 1925 | 6/10/2011 | HDR |
| Zimmerman, Helen | 78 | 11/19/2012 | HDR |
| Zimmerman, Helen Kimbrough | 77 | 11/20/2012 | HDR |
| Zimmerman, John Ronald | 67 | 5/25/2010 | HDR |
| Zimmerman, Ray Richard | 81 | 7/17/2006 | HDR |
| Zimmerman, Ruth Adele Bonnar | 91 | 8/20/2010 | HDR |
| Zimmerman, Ruth Adele Bonnar | 91 | 8/20/2010 | ONE |
| Zimmerman, Verlee Smith Mrs. | 88 | 10/1/2010 | HDR |
| Zimmerman, Walter Jay | 90 | 7/26/2009 | HDR |
| Zimmerman, Walter Jay | 90 | 7/27/2009 | HDR |
| Zimmerman, Walter Jay | 90 | 7/28/2009 | ONE |
| Zimmerman, Wanda Faye Lingerfelt Mrs. | 67 | 10/21/2011 | HDR |
| Zimtbaum, William E. | 78 | 7/3/2010 | HDR |
| Zimtbaum, William Emerich | 78 | 7/4/2010 | HDR |
| Zimtbaum, William Emerich | 78 | 7/3/2010 | ONE |
| Zinn, Brandon Cody | 20 | 10/27/2009 | HDR |
| Zinn, Brandon Cody | 20 | 10/28/2009 | HDR |
| Zinn, Brandon Cody | 20 | 10/28/2009 | ONE |
| Zinner, Peter (film editor) | 88 | 11/18/2007 | HDR |
| Zion, Douglas McArthur | 69 | 10/14/2010 | HDR |
| Zobrist, Benedict K. (historian/preservationist) | 85 | 4/21/2007 | HDR |
| Zook, Betty Jean Honeycutt | 77 | 12/8/2010 | HDR |
| Zook, Betty Jean Honeycutt | 77 | 12/8/2010 | ONE |
| Zoppe, Alberto | 87 | 3/14/2009 | HDR |
| Zummo, Paulette Lewis (daughter) | x | 9/26/2009 | HDR |
| Zurline, Maisie Sybil Coppin | 88 | 4/20/2009 | HDR |
| Zurline, Maisie Sybil Coppin | 88 | 4/23/2009 | ONE |