Donald Wayne Sims, 77 of Cedar Rapids formerly of Shueyville, died Wednesday, January 4, 2012 in his home. Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, January 7, 2012 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. Burial will follow in Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens in Cedar Falls. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, January 6, 2012 at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids. Donald was born September 17, 1934 in Ionia, the son of Harlow and Maude (Collins) Sims. He married Margie E. Fuller on August 22, 1953 at the Nazarene Church in Cedar Falls. Don worked as a plasterer most of his life. In early years he worked construction for Casteel and Wall Plastering. IN 1967, he went to work for the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. He took early retirement in 1992. He then worked for Pearson Plastering Company for another ten years. He loved animals, camping, cutting wood for his outside furnace, mowing a lot and helping all his friend and they reciprocated. When he went camping he made sure his four granddaughters went along. Don is survived by his wife, Margie; children, Ralph (Kim) Sims, Linda (Mike) Gregory, and Ronald (Sharon) Sims all of Cedar Rapids; six grandchildren, Rachel, Cara, Joshua, Tammy, Beth, Luke and Mellisa; eight great-grandchildren; and a sister Marilyn Mills of Arizona. He was preceded in death by an infant son, Gary; two brothers Dallas Sims and Lewis Sims and two in infancy; and two sisters, Marlys Sims and Margie Fuller and three in infancy. Memorials may be directed to Living Waters Church of the Nazarene in Cedar Falls or to Witty Kitty Veterinarian Clinic in Solon.