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Thursday, May 15, 2025
Sharon “Shari” Kay Timms
Age: 85
City: Central City
Funeral Home
Murdoch Funeral and Cremation Services
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Sharon “Shari” Kay Timms
Sharon “Shari” Kay Timms
Central City
Sharon “Shari” Kay Timms, 85, of Central City, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A visitation will be held from 4 until 7 p.m. on Friday, May 16, 2025, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Central City. A Memorial Service will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at the United Church of Christ in Central City. Inurnment will follow at Mt. Clark Cemetery in Central City. There will be a luncheon following at the Church. There will be an opportunity for anyone who would like to share a special memory of Shari during the memorial service.
Shari is survived and lovingly remembered by her husband of 62 years, Dick Timms of Central City; children, Kristin Timms of Orono, Minnesota, Sheila (Craig) Kozler of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, and Chet (Amy) Timms of Central City; six grandchildren, John Fort, Oliver, Elliot, and Amelia Kozler, Jack and Evelyn Timms; sister, Dorothy “Duffy” (William “Bill”) Crowe of Onemo, Virgina, and their children, Steve (Lynette) Beebe of Gwynn’s Island, Virgina, and Stacey McCarty of Culpepper, Virgina; two brothers-in-law, Donald (Alice) Smith and their children, Gina (Stephen) Stewart and Andy (Michelle) Smith, all of Central City, and Harvey (Birute) Timms of Mentor, Ohio.
She was preceded in death by her parents, sister-in-law, Peggy Timms, and a brother-in-law, Allan Scott.
Memorials in Shari’s memory may be directed to the Central City American Legion WAPSI Post #421 or the United Church of Christ in Central City.
Please share a memory of Shari at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.

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