Darlene Leach, 88, of Mexico, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital-Audrain.
Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 21, at Arnold Funeral Home. Burial followed in East Lawn Memorial Park.
Visitation is from 2:30 p.m. until time of service at the funeral home.
Darlene was born on Oct. 22, 1932, the daughter of Ottmer and Ada Mae (Jackson) Davis. She married Charley L. Leach on May 1, 1948, in Mexico. Darlene and Charley were married 73 years.
She is survived by her husband, Charley; son, Charley (Nancy) Leach, Jr. of Moses Lake, Wash.; two daughters, Linda (Jerry) Hembree of Warden, Wash., and Vicky (Steve) Pierson of Mexico; nine grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 13 great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Frances (Tony) Landers of Fulton and Lila Dunlavy of Va.
Darlene is preceded in death by grandson, Michael Elliott; great-great-granddaughter, Brooklynn Elliott; five brothers, Milton, Russell, Gilbert, Robert and Marvin Davis; and two sisters, Mary Murray and Vivian Talken.
Memorials may be made to the Parkinson’s Foundation. They may be sent in care of Arnold Funeral Home, 425 S. Jefferson, Mexico, MO 65265.
Online condolences may be left at www.arnoldfh.com.
