William Frederick Timmerman, 89, a resident of Brea, California for over 50 years, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 in California. He was born in Orlando, Florida on August, 16, 1931. Fred was a lifelong Seventh-day Adventist and attended the Loma Linda University Church.
Fred graduated from Hardee County High School in 1949. He went on to serve our country as an Army Corpsman during the Korean war. Following his military service, he graduated from Washington Adventist University with a Bachelor's degree. He then earned two Master's degrees in Micro Biology & Chemistry from University of Southern California (USC). Fred's love of Chemistry led him to work as the Chief Medical Technologist for several hospitals in Southern California before his retirement in 1997. A retirement from which he promptly returned to work for another 12 years, until his official retirement in 2012 at age 82.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William Frederick and Winona (Ratliff) Timmerman and sister Patti Timmerman Read.
He is survived by his Niece, Denise Read Anderson (Wayne) of Miami, Florida; Nephew, Devin Read (Tiffany) of Statesville, NC; sweetheart of 25 years, Sue Coker of Yorba Linda, California; her daughter, Cindi Coker and her grandson, Garrett of Yorba Linda, California.
Graveside Services will be held at the Bowling Green Cemetery on Saturday, December 19th, 2020 at 1:00 pm. Flowers are welcome and should be sent to Robarts Family Funeral Home in Wauchula. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Disabled Americans Veterans at dav.org.