Timothy 'Woody' Smith

Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, August 25th with the family present to receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare. Funeral Service: 1:30 p.m. Thursday, August 26th at the First United Methodist Church in Winterset. Memorial Contributions: First United Methodist Church Music Program or to Susan Smith to be used toward an Education Fund for their children. Timothy Neil “Woody” Smith, age 61, of Winterset, passed away on Friday, August 20, 2010 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Timothy was born on 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 1980’s, playing house band gigs at The Nashville Club in Des Moines and The Distillery in Ankeny. On May 6th, 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, MN, Kate Vance (Andy) of Bloomington, IL, Jake, Henry, and Addie Smith of Winterset, IA; his mother, Lu Smith of Cedar Rapids, IA; brother, Phil Smith (Mary) of Elkhart, IA; two sisters, Lisa Jacobson (Roger) of Smithsville, KY and Joanna Smith-Dromey (Stu) of Cedar Rapids, IA; father and mother-in-law, Ed and Gayla Coffman; and sister and brother-in-law, Connie and Bruce Allen; a brother-in-law, Kent Coffman; and his nieces and nephews who he loved so much: Amanda (Tim), 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.