Darrell Dayton Starbuck (1927-2009)
STARBUCK, DAYTON, MCATEE, KUHNS, BLAZEK, MCCARTER, BISHOP, DALEY, STENSON
Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 5/19/2009 at 20:49:44
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, May 19, 2009.
Darrell Dayton Starbuck, 81 of Ames, formerly of Nevada, died Sunday, May 17, 2009, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 20, at Memorial Lutheran Church, 701 11th St., in Nevada, with Pastor Myron D. Herzberg officiating. Burial, with military honors, will be in Nevada Municipal Cemetery.
Visitation will be after 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, with the family present from 5:30 to 7 p.m., at Memorial Lutheran Church in Nevada.
Darrell was born Aug. 8, 1927, in Vernon Center, Minn., to Charles William and Helen Ivadel (Dayton) Starbuck. His family moved to Iowa in 1929. He started his education at Milford Township School through sixth grade then attended Roland High School. In 1942, he moved to Nevada and enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the age of 17. He came back and worked at the filling station his father owned. On Aug. 29, 1948, he married Jean McAtee at Memorial Lutheran Church in Nevada. To this union, five children were born. They celebrated 60 years together in 2008.
He decided to change the filling station into a fast food restaurant, known as Starbuck’s Drive In, which he owned for more than 30 years. The restaurant still is operational today. He loved working with the younger kids.
He volunteered for the Nevada Fire Department for 12 years, and was a captain and an honorary fireman. He was also involved with the Lincoln Highway Day Committee, and was a businessman and Realtor. He was a member of Memorial Lutheran Church and William F. Ball American Legion Post in Nevada.
He and Jean retired in Hot Springs Village, Ark., and worked in a restaurant in Ouachita State Park. They came back to Iowa to be closer to family. They resided in Colo prior to moving to Ames.
He had a great sense of humor, was always ready for a party, and loved a good time. But mostly, he loved his family whom he was very proud of.
He is survived by his wife, Jean, of Ames; daughter, Kathie (Phil) Kuhns, of Nevada, and their two daughters, Dena (Adam) Blazek and Heather (Toby) McCarter; son, Douglas (Helen) Starbuck, of Nevada, and their children, Tony, Megan and Charlie Starbuck; son, Bradley (Rhonda) Starbuck, of Dallas, Ga., and their son, Arlo (Teresa) Starbuck; and daughter, Linda Bishop, of Osage Beach, Mo., and her daughter, Molly Bishop; four great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Betty Daley, of Ames, and Joyce Stenson, of Hot Springs Village, Ark.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Dayton Darrell Starbuck on Jan. 20, 1997; and one brother, Donald Starbuck.
A memorial fund has been established in Darrell’s name.
A guestbook and online condolences may be left at www.chetryanmortuary.com
Chet Ryan Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
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