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Wednesday, March 24, 1993 Page: 3D QUICK WORDS: DARNELL
Arthur Darnell
March 8, 1993
Arthur Earl Darnell, 72, of Southeast Portland, Ore., died March 8 in a
Portland hospitalHe was born Nov. 26, 1920, in Bartlesville, Ohio.
He was an employee of Pacific Northwest Bell, now U.S. West, retiring due
to illness 10 years ago.
He served in the U.S. Navy for 22 years, serving in World War II and the
Korean War, retiring as a chief petty officer and machinist’s mate in 1959.
A former resident of Loyalville, he worked for a New Jersey telephone
company, prior to moving to Portland 22 years ago.
He was preceded in death by his father, Charles; first wife, the former
Mildred Nienius; brother, Homer; sister, Betty Darnell.
Surviving are his wife, Jan; daughters, Shirley Hale, Virginia Beach, Va.;
Bernadine Kirkpatrick, Sandy, Ore.; Linda, Yucca Valley, Calif.; Tammy Barrett
and Gayla Matthews, both of Portland; sons, James Downs and Edward Darnell,
both of Portland; Louis Downs, Beavercreek; mother, Josephine Marie Darnell,
Portland; sisters, Maxine Senff cq , Redmond, Ore.; Bernice Wright, Washougal,
Wash.; 13 grandchildren; one great-grandchild.
Private funeral services were held in Oregon.