Darlene Mavis (Skeate) Feistner |
| Posted 2013-03-25 by Sharon |
| Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ Feb. 15, 2006, p. A15 DARLENE MAVIS FEISTNER died at home in her sleep in Sutherlin, Oregon, on December 21, 2005. Cremation was through Chapel of the Firs, Sutherlin, Ore. Her ashes will be interred with her late husband Elmer Feistner at the Veteran's Cemetery in Phoenix, Ariz. A memorial service will be held in the late spring/early summer. Darlene was born January 7, 1937, in Colfax, Wash., to Delbert Skeate and Mildred Munson Skeate. She graduated in 1955 from Colfax High School. She was a gifted singer with a deep love for music and enjoyed playing basketball. In 1955, Darlene married Earl Kammerzell and they had four daughters. After divorcing in 1969, she moved with her daughters to Walla Walla, Wash., and began a 23-year career with the U.S. Postal Service. Many of those years she enjoyed working with the public as a clerk at the front window. When her youngest child graduated from high school in 1987, Darlene transferred to Wickenburg, Ariz., where she met her future husband, Elmer Feistner. They married in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, and were very happy until his death in 1995. Darlene moved to Sutherlin, Ore., in 1998 to live closer to her daughters. Darlene raised four daughters on her own, all college graduates. She had a wide range of interests and was an avid reader and a gifted conversationalist. She was also known for her love of corny jokes. Survivors include daughters Linda Schwartz of Snoqualmie, Wash.; Cindy Kammerzell of Vancouver, Wash.; Connie Jo Kammerzell Peets of Monmouth, Ore.; Julie C. Kammerzell of Corvallis, Ore.; brothers Dennis Skeate of Kennewick, Wash., and Richard Skeate of Highland, Calif.; sister Marilyn Closson of Spokane, Wash.; half-sister, Alice Savage of Kingston, Wash.; half-sister, Betty Siero of Pocatello, Idaho; and four grandchildren whom she dearly loved. |
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