Smith, Timothy Neil 'Woody'

Timothy Neil “Woody” Smith, 61, of Winterset, passed away Friday, Aug. 20, 2010, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Visitation will be held 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, with family present to receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare in Winterset. A funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church in Winterset.

Timothy was born July 31, 1949, to Howard and Lucile (Peters) Smith, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He graduated from Washington High School in 1967. While attending high school he formed his first band, The King Bees. He had a love for music and writing songs, and he excelled at playing the guitar. In 1974, he joined a group called Lanny Scott and the Country Spoon, which later became The Blue Sky Band. Together with his brother, Phil Smith, Tim (“Woody” as he was known) led The Blue Sky Band to become one of Central Iowa's most popular and loved country bands of the 1980s, playing house band gigs at The Nashville Club in Des Moines and The Distillery in Ankeny.

On May 6, 1990, Timothy married Susan Coffman. The two of them formed a partnership in love, life and business. Together they have owned and operated The Exchange, an advertising paper based in Winterset, since 1994.

Tim “Woody” is survived by his wife of 20 years, Sue; his children, Jessie Pattrin (Tim) of Elbow Lake, Minn., Kate Vance (Andy) of Bloomington, Ill., and Jake, Henry and Addie Smith of Winterset; his mother, Lu Smith of Cedar Rapids; brother, Phil Smith (Mary) of Elkhart, Iowa; two sisters, Lisa Jacobson (Roger) of Smithville, Ky., and Joanna Smith-Dromey (Stu) of Cedar Rapids; father- and mother-in-law, Ed and Gayla Coffman; sister- and brother-in-law, Connie and Bruce Allen; a brother-in-law, Kent Coffman; his nieces and nephews whom he loved so much, Brody, Bennett, Robbie, Katie, Jocey, Ben and Carl; and his grandchildren he was so proud of, Mikenna, Kaytlyn, Ava, Austin and Tanner.

Tim was preceded in death by his father, Howard, in 1989; and a brother, Michael Lee, in 1954.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the First United Methodist Church Music Program or to Susan Smith to be used toward an education fund for their children.

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