26320. Donald Frank11 Darnell (Gladys Blossom10 Goldsborough, Jennie9 Dance, Mary Ann8 Sheppard, Elida (Lydia)7 Allgood, Peter6, William (Pikey) Henry5, William John4, Edward3, William2, Edward1 Algood) was born August 28, 1921. Donald died July 4, 2007 in Vandalia, Fayette Co., IL. OBIT: Donald Frank "Don" Darnell, 85, Vandalia, formerly of Morton, retired from Allis Chalmers Inc., died Wednesday (July 4, 2007). Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, First United Methodist Church, Vandalia. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Miller Funeral Home, Vandalia, and one hour before services in the church. Burial: Kettelcamp Cemetery, Nokomis, with military rites. Memorials: First United Methodist Church, American Legion Memorial Wall or American Legion Museum. World War II Army veteran. Member: Crawford-Hale American Legion Post 95 and VFW Post. Survivors: wife, Lyla; son, John Darnell, Pekin; daughters, Jane Rassi, Eureka; Joann Eddington, Golconda; sisters, Joyce Schneider and Mary Ann Cearlock, both of Nokomis; Iris Estes, Springfield, Mo.; Janice Schafer, Decatur; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Preceded by: parents, one brother.
He married Lyla Jane Herzog October 12, 1947. Lyla was born Fewbruary 27, 1925 in Montgomery Co., IL. Lyla was the daughter of Edward Oliver Herzog and Melinda Reincke. Lyla died August 4, 2009 in Vandalia, Fayette Co., IL. OBIT: Lyla Jane Darnell, 84, of Vandalia, died at 6:34 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday at South Fork United Methodist Church in rural Nokomis, with the Revs. Louis Frick and Rick Miles officiating. Burial will be in Kettlekamp Cemetery in rural Nokomis. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. on Friday at Miller Funeral Home in Vandalia and an hour before services on Friday at the church. Memorials: OUR PLACE.
Mrs. Darnell was born on Feb. 27, 1925, in Nokomis, the daughter of Edward O. and Melinda Reincke Herzog. She married Donald "Don" Frank Darnell on Oct. 12, 1947, in Nokomis; he died on July 4, 2007.
She was a secretary for Pioneer Seed Corn Co. in Morton, and was a member of First United Methodist Church in Vandalia.
She is survived by a son, John Darnell and his wife Jan of Pekin; daughters, Jane Rassi of Vandalia, and Joann and her husband Virgil Eddington of Golconda; brother, Carroll "Dusty" Herzog and his wife Jean of Excelsior Springs, Mo.; sisters, Bernice Kessinger of Overland Park, Kan., Marian Stauder of Nokomis, and Josephine Barringer and Virgil Wayne of Nokomis; grandchildren, Darci and her husband Kyle Bolenbaugh, JJ. Taylor and his wife Stacy, Jeremy Darnell and his wife Kim, Jason Rassi, Jenna Rassi, Rick Eddington and his wife Regina, and Linda and her husband Paul Rhymer; great-grandchildren, Damien Taylor, Alex Taylor, Maggie Bolenbaugh, Ricky Eddington and his wife Amanda, Michelle Fleming, Justin Eddington, Luke Rhymer, Amber and her husband Adam Biggers, and Hank Bolenbaugh; and great-great-grandchildren, Noah, Jackson, Peyton, Emma, Kealey, Brodie and Ashton Lee Eddington.
She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.
Donald Frank Darnell and Lyla Jane Herzog had the following children:
43187 i. John12 Darnell (living status unknown).
43188 ii. Jane Darnell (living).
43189 iii. Joann Darnell (living).
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