Richard W. Timmerman, 77, 1865 state Route 49, Fort Recovery, died at 6:32 p.m. July 8, 2006, at Briarwood Nursing Home, Coldwater.

He was born Jan. 6, 1929, in Burkettsville, to Anthony and Frances Rammel Timmerman. On Oct. 3, 1953, he married Loudonna Reier Timmerman, who survives.

Also surviving are a son, Ernie (Jane), Fort Recovery; a daughter, Marge (Kirk) Harman, Versailles; two brothers, Wilfred (Jean), Fort Loramie, and Gerald (Irene), Fort Recovery; three sisters, Joan Hartings, Coldwater, Edna (Paul) Klingshirn, Coldwater; and Lucille (Jerry) Laux, Fort Recovery; two brothers-in-law, Bernard Hartings, St. Henry, and Urban Dirkson, Fort Recovery; a sister-in-law, Alma, Coldwater; and four grandchildren.

Deceased are a son, Harold; a daughter, Luella; a brother, Louis; four sisters, Erma Eischen, Ruth Gruss, Bernice Dirkson, and infant Margaret.

He retired from Fort Recovery Industries, Fort Recovery. He is a U.S. Army veteran serving during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church, American Legion Post 345 and Veteran of Foreign Wars Post 6515, all of Fort Recovery.

Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the church the Rev. Thomas Dorn officiating. Burial is at St. Marys Cemetery, Fort Recovery. Graveside military honors will be conducted by the American Legion.

Calling is 3-8 p.m. Tuesday and 9-9:45 a.m. Wednesday at Brockman & Boeckman Funeral Home, Fort Recovery.