Darlene Elizabeth Sell

Darlene Elizabeth Sell, age 97, of Huntington, died at 9:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at Oakbrook Village in Huntington.

Visitation will be from 9 – 11 a.m. Saturday, February 24, 2018 at Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana. Funeral services will immediately follow at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bailey-Love Mortuary with Rev. Ken Thompson officiating. Burial will be in Gardens of Memory in Huntington County.

Preferred memorials are to New Hope United Church of Christ or Shriners Hospitals for Children, in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana, 46750.

Darlene was born on August 17, 1920 in Wabash County, the daughter of Jesse and Pearl (Moser) Schaffer. She married Irvin V. Sell on March 25, 1939 in Huntington; he preceded her in death on March 9, 2005. Darlene worked at Bud’s Shoe Repair in Huntington for 23 years and was a member of New Hope United Church of Christ in Bippus and Rebekah Lodge #37 in Andrews.

Survivors include a son, Max E. (Jo Ann) Sell of Huntington, five grandchildren, fifteen great grandchildren, five great-great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a daughter, Peggy Ruschhaupt, brothers Raymond Schaffer and William Schaffer, and sisters Zelma Tucker, Dorothy Hoover, and Betty Pulley.

 

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