Arizona Obituary Archive

Search      Post Obituary


Marie Annette Darling

Posted 2023-01-21 by mhenderson
Published by The Miner on Jan. 20, 2023 -
Kingman, Arizona -

Marie Annette Darling, 82, of Shelbyville, Kentucky traveled to her
heavenly home with JC on Jan. 18, 2023 at UofL Health-Jewish hospital.

Marie was born on Aug. 29, 1940 in Newberry, Michigan to the late
Bernard and Frances (Hadd) Darling. She spent her youth living in
Alpena, Michigan. She graduated from Alpena High School in 1958.

After high school Marie married and moved to the Detroit area where she
raised her four children with her first husband. She later moved to
Arizona where she enjoyed the warm weather and West Coast swing dancing.

Marie had a variety of administrative assistant positions and eventually
retired from the State of Arizona.

She loved dancing, knitting, and sewing. Marie was an accomplished
seamstress. Marie reconnected with her high school sweetheart, Raymond
Fleck. Ray and Marie wed on Valentine’s Day.

Eventually, Marie and her husband relocated to Shelbyville, Kentucky
where she enjoyed her retirement spending time with family and friends.

She is survived by her husband, Raymond Fleck; her children, Mary
Dalessandro of Tucson, Arizona; Kimberly Morton (Chuck) of Louisville,
Kentucky; Annette McCord (Bill) of Kingman, Arizona; and Matthew Brown
(Debbie) of Grafton, Ohio. She is also survived by 15 grandchildren and
10 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded
in death by her parents and brother, Richard Darling.

Her children plan to take her to her favorite place in Arizona where
private services will be held.





Note: These obituaries are transcribed as published and are submitted by volunteers who have no connection to the families. They do not write the obituaries and have no further information other than what is posted within the obituaries. We do not do personal research. For this you would have to find a volunteer who does this or hire a professional researcher.

Questions About This Project?