Darrell D. "Rocky" Weiland 1939 - 2018

WEILAND, TARRELL, JOY

Posted By: Connie Swearingen -Volunteer (email)
Date: 5/21/2018 at 22:12:40

Sioux City Journal
6 May 2018

Cherokee, Iowa- Died Sioux City

Darrell D. "Rocky" Weiland, 79, of Cherokee, passed away Thursday, May 3, 2018, at a Sioux City hospital.

Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee. The Rev. Pastor Jon Riggert will officiate. Burial will be at a later date. There will be military rites at the church on Tuesday by L.A. Wescott Post 2253 of the V.F.W. Visitation will be 3 to 7 p.m. Monday, with the family present 5 to 7 p.m., at Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com.

Darrell was born on March 1, 1939, at Canistota, S.D., to Earl and Lois (Tarrell) Weiland. He attended Larrabee, Marcus and Quimby Schools. He served in the U. S. Navy from 1956 until 1960 on the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga, working on the flight deck.

He was married to Diane Joy on June 9, 1962, at Quimby, Iowa. They had lived in Cherokee since 1962. Darrell had worked at several grocery stores, spent over 40 years at Tyson's, retiring in April of 2012 and was custodian at the Sanford Museum for over 25 years.

He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. He enjoyed collecting sports cards, plants, bird watching, watching westerns and mostly time spent with his family.

He is survived by his wife, Diane; four children, Scott Weiland of Hinton, Iowa, Tara (Mike) Johnson of Spencer, Iowa, Stacy (Erin) Weiland of Hinton, and Mandy Weiland of Omaha; 11 grandchildren, Brittany (Nick), Cullen, Mallory, Isaac, Abby, Keegan, Caden, Hadley, McKenna, Kyleigh and Alyssia; two great-grandchildren, Karson and Emersyn; three brothers, Gene Weiland of Cherokee, Iowa, Jerry (Maddy) Weiland of Bloomfield, Conn., and Wayne (Kathy) Weiland of South Sioux City; a sister-in-law, Donna Conley of Cherokee; also many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Earl Weiland and Lois Weiland Roach; his in-laws, Loren and Mildred Joy; his brother and sister-in-law, Ronny and Colleen Weiland; and sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Teeny Weiland, Doris and Cliff Carlson and Ronald Conley.