This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Darby, Woodard, Endsley, Catlin, Steele, Miles, Rushford, Anderson, Duke, Conklin Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/1615 Message Board Post: Mr. Dorr R. Darby, 80, of Nashville died Saturday, June 2, 2001 at his home. Mr. Darby was born on March 20, 1921 in Maple Grove Township, Barry county, MI, the son of John and Effie (Woodard) Darby. He was raised in Maple Grove Township and attended Barry County rural schools, graduating in 1938 from Hastings High School. He served in the U.S. Army from Sept. 25, 1942 until Jan. 9, 1946. He married Audra L. Endsley in 1946 and she died in 1995. He then married A. Elaine Catlin in 1997 and she survives. He was employed at the E. W. Bliss Company in Hastings for about 20 years before his retirement. He was a member of the Hastings First Baptist Church, attending Nashville Baptist Church, and a long-time escort volunteer at Pennock Hospital. Mr. Darby is survived by his wife, Elaine; daughters, Debra Steele of Battle Creek, Diane (Jasper) Miles of Nashville, MI; sons, David (Cindy) Darby of Rockford, MI, Daniel (Lucinda) Darby of Bloomfield, New Mexico; step-daughters,! Janet (Fred) Rushford of Nashville, MI, Jane (Tim) Anderson of Caledonia, MI, Jan (Jimmy) Duke of Plant City, FL; stepsons, Vance (Sandra) Catlin of Plant City, FL, David (Ruth) Catlin, of Plant City, FL; several grandchildren and great grandchildren; brother, Richard Darby of Gainesville, FL. Preceding him in death were his parents; wife, Audra; and sister, Frances Conklin. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 5, 2001 at the Nashville Baptist Church. Pastors Lester DeGroot, Deano Lamphere and Vance Catlin officiating. Burial will be at Hastings Township Cemetery, Barry County, MI. Memorial contributions may be made to Continental Baptist Missions or Nashville's Putnam District Library. Arrangements were made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings. (The Hastings "Reminder" - Tuesday, January 25, 2000) Transcriber has no family connection.