Darrell Dean Eivins (1931-2013)

EIVINS, STEELE, GUESSFORD, JOHNSON, KALASINSKY, POHLE, ISETON

Posted By: Mary Hart, Volunteer (email)
Date: 5/22/2013 at 10:40:10

Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa
May 16, 2013

DARRELL EIVINS, Lorimor

Darrell died Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at the Winterset Care Center South. He was 81.

Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 18, at the Macksburg United Methodist Church, with burial in the Moon Cemetery, near Macksburg. A visitation will be held from 1 to 8 p.m., Friday, May 17, at Ochiltree Funeral Service; where family will be present to receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials may be made to the family. On-line condolences may be made to the family at www.ochiltree.com.

Darrell Dean Eivins was born July 16, 1931; the second son of Orlie and Zelma (Steele) Eivins. In 1955, he married Ida Rachael Guessford.

Darrell is survived by his wife of 58 years, Ida of Lorimor; a son, Alan Eivins of Lorimor; three daughters, Garnet Johnson of Windsor Heights; Karen Kalasinsky (Tom) of Winterset; Nona Eivins (Michael Pohle) of West Des Moines; a daughter-in-law, Ruth Eivins of Macksburg; four grandchildren, Taralyn Johnson (Noah Iseton), Trevor Johnson, Michelle West (Travis), and Michael Eivins; two great-grandchildren, Sid and Suri Johnson; and several nieces, nephews, extended family and a host of friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Marlin Eivins; and a brother Edwin Eivins.