Darlene Phyllis (Murphy) LYDELL

LIDELL, MURPHY, CHRISTENSEN, HODGES, THEDE, FAUBION

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:54

May 4, 1947 ---- May 2, 2014

Funeral services for Darlene P. Lydell, 66, of Alta, will be 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Alta, with the Rev. Don Rothweiler officiating. Burial will be in the Scandinavian Cemetery, rural Alta. Visitation will be Monday from 6:00 P.M. until 7:30 P.M. at the Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia, and one hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday.

Darlene Phyllis Murphy was born May 4, 1947 in Sioux City, IA, the daughter of Lloyd and LaVonne (Christensen) Murphy. She attended schools in West Bend and Farnhamville, and graduated from Carroll High School. She attended Nettleton Business Training College, then Iowa Central Community College for secretarial courses and received an Associate’s degree. She continued her studies and received certification to work as a CNA. She worked for 20 years as a CNA in Humboldt and Aurelia, IA, and various other places.

On January 18, 1970 Darlene married David Lydell in Fort Hood, Texas.

Darlene was very talented as a seamstress, a knitter, and in needlepoint. She was meticulous in her projects making sure that the back of a project was as pretty as the front. She loved to bowl and was proud of the 600 series that she bowled. She was an avid reader, reading more than 100 books a year. She loved all types of music. She told her great- nephew to remember that she loved all music including opera, because it has a story to be told.

David and Darlene spent many years traveling to the Iowa State Fair and the various county fairs in Iowa. After David’s retirement they traveled down the southern states of the United States and to Jamaica during the summer of 2013.

Darlene died Friday, May 2, 2014, at Waverly Care Center in Waverly, NE. Cancer may have taken Darlene’s earthly vessel but could not destroy her loving and caring spirit. She is now in the glorious presence of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Darlene is preceded in death by her parents, and two brothers; Robert Hodges and William Hodges. Survivors include her husband of 44 years; David Lydell of Alta, two sisters: Judy and her husband Darwin Thede of Apache Junction, AZ, and Pamela and her husband Brian Faubion of Lincoln, NE, two brothers; David Murphy of Apache Junction, AZ, and Patrick and his wife Kelly Murphy of Humphrey, NE, and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

https://redigfuneralhome.com/obituaries/darlene-j-lydell

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[In January 1978 her husband began an over 18 year career at Umthun Trucking Co. at Eagle Grove, Iowa, as an accountant. The couple were members of Holmes Lutheran Church in Holmes, Iowa.]