Bruce Witman, 63 of New Sharon and formerly of Cedar Rapids, passed away Tuesday afternoon, December 6, 2016 at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Memorial services are pending. Holland-Coble Funeral Home of New Sharon is in charge of arrangements.

Bruce Allen Witman, the son of Earl and Dawn (Williamson) Witman was born on February 16, 1953. He graduated from Hamburg High School. He went into the United States Air Force and was stationed in Washington State. He was a Jr. fire fighter and was trained in fighting forest fires and every summer, Bruce went to different states to fight forest fires. Bruce moved to Cedar Rapids and drove taxi cab for several years until he started having health problems. He had a passion for hockey and was a goal judge with the Cedar Rapids Roughriders since 1999 until present. He was also goal judge for the Iowa Wild for the past several years. He also enjoyed NASCAR.

Bruce is survived by his girlfriend, Connie Strom of New Sharon; three children, Anthony (Tara) Witman of Robesonia, Pennsylvania, Jason (Jennifer) Witman of Reading, Pennsylvania and Sean Heckman of Fleetwood, Pennsylvania; five grandchildren; a sister, Carla (Victor) Bartholomew of Kutztown, Pennsylvania and Connie's two daughters, Jennifer Buren (Dennis Currier) of New Sharon and Julie (Nathan) Bird of Des Moines.

Preceded by his parents.