Darrell Eugene Zimmerman, son of Pansy Leona Raybron Zimmerman and the late Melvin Eugene Zimmerman, was born in Bernie, Missouri on September 8, 1948 and departed this life at his residence in Bernie, Missouri on March 14, 2020 at the age of 71.

Mr. Zimmerman was retired from Union Pacific Railroad after 32 years.  He was a member of Bernie Church of Christ.

He was united in marriage to Loretta Lois Goldman in Hillsboro, Illinois on January 27, 1968.  Mrs. Zimmerman survives in their home in Bernie.

Other survivors include his wife, Loretta Zimmerman of Bernie, Mo.; by his mother Pansy Zimmerman of Bernie, Mo.; by  one daughter, Tiffany Massingill & husband Chad of Dexter, Mo.; by one brother, Mike Zimmerman of Metropolis, Illinois; by two sisters, Sharon Durham & husband Kenneth of Bernie, Mo.  And Judy Watkins of Ludowici, Georgia; by six grandchildren, Christin Sitzes & fiancé Cody Drummond, Olivia Sitzes, Joshua Sitzes, Kristen Davis & husband Chris, Lauren Hunsaker & husband Dalton and Brad Massingill & wife Izzy; by three great-grandchildren, Amelia Hunsaker, Krislyn Davis and Braxton Massingill; also by other relatives and many friends.   He was preceded in death other than by his father, by one son, Danny Zimmerman; by one brother, Roger Zimmerman.

Friends may call at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie, Missouri on Monday, March 16, 2020 from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. 

Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday afternoon March 17, 2020 at 1:00 P.M. in the Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie. 

Stan Dauck officiating. 

Interment will follow in Bernie Cemetery. 

Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie in charge of all arrangements.