Alma Timmerman

Alma D. Timmerman, 89, of Coldwater, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, at her home.

She was born on May 27, 1934, in Yorkshire, Ohio, to the late Joseph and Anna (Klingshirn) Hoehne. On June 18, 1955, at St. Nicholas Church in Osgood, Alma married Louis A. Timmerman, who preceded her in death on June 12, 1996.

Alma was the youngest of five siblings. She is survived by a daughter, Nancy (Patrick) Reinhard of Fort Recovery; her son-in-law, Ernest Bergman of Maria Stein, Ohio; her nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; and her in-laws, Irene Timmerman, Urban Dirksen and Jerry (Lucille) Laux.

In addition to her husband and parents, Alma was preceded in death by her two daughters, Shirley Bergman and Bonnie Timmerman; a granddaughter, Carla Bergman; her siblings, Rita Hoehne (deceased as a child), Marie (Henry) Dircksen, Norb (Rita) Hoehne and Alice (Julius) Weitzel; her in-laws, Wilfred (first wife, Rita, and second wife, Jean) Timmerman, Erma (Art) Eischen, Gerald Timmerman, Joan (Gregor) Hartings, Richard (Loudonna) Timmerman, Bernard (Esther) Hartings, Paul (Edna) Klingshirn and Bernice Dirksen.

Mrs. Timmerman was a dedicated farm wife and homemaker. Years ago, she was a 4-H advisor and retired from Cooper Farms, St. Henry, Ohio. She was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church, Sharpsburg, and belonged to the Ladies Sodality and was a life member of the Fort Recovery Legion Auxiliary and a life member of the YMCA. She enjoyed crafts, cooking, fishing, selling bee pollen, shooting groundhogs, doing word searches, dancing, playing cards, babysitting and mowing the grass.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul Catholic Church, Sharpsburg, with Father Ethan Hoying celebrating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Guests may visit with Alma's family on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, from 6 to 8 p.m. and again on Saturday from 9 to 10 a.m. at Brockman Boeckman Funeral Home, Fort Recovery.

Memorial contributions may be given to Fort Recovery Community Foundation, in care of the Friends of St. Paul Church, P.O. Box 52, Fort Recovery, OH 45846.

Condolences may be shared with the family by visiting brockmanboeckmanfh.com.