Cecil Raymond Darling 1889-1973

DARLING, CLARK, MILLS, MONROE, ISEMINGER

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 2/21/2011 at 15:49:59

Cecil Darling’s Services Thursday
Cecil Raymond Darling, 83, died Tuesday morning, March 13, 1973, at Balmer Nursing Home, Estherville.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Fuhrman Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert Miller officiating. Burial will be made in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Mr. Darling was born Nov. 4, 1889, in Des Moines and received his education in Des Moines schools. He was married Jan. 29, 1914, to Elizabeth Irene Clark in Des Moines. They came to Estherville in 1928 and farmed in the vicinity. He was later employed by George Robb Livestock Co. He was a longtime member of the Christian Church.

Survivors include his three daughters, Mrs. William S. (Dorothy) Mills, Des Moines, Mrs. Lowell (Jean) Monroe, Anchorage, Alaska, and Mrs. Richard (Carol) Iseminger, Estherville; 10 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

Mrs. Darling died Sept. 14, 1972. Others preceding him in death were his two sons, Gerald and Paul and his two grandsons. He was the last of his famiy.

Friends may call today and Thursday until time of services at Fuhrman’s Funeral Home, Estherville. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, March 14, 1973)