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Darrel
D. Pinkston
Darrel
D. Pinkston, 70, of Grand Island,
died Sunday, April 1, 2007 at St. Francis Medical Center
Services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday at All Faiths Funeral
Home Chapel.
The Reverend Onamae Waddel will officiate. Cremation
will take place following the services with inurnment in the Trinity
United Methodist Church Columbarium.
Visitation will be 3-7 p.m. Wednesday at All
Faiths Funeral Home.
Darrel was born January 16, 1937 in Madison
County, NE the son of Frank and Edith (Strong) Pinkston.
Darrel was raised in Grand Island graduating from Grand Island Senior
High in 1955. He attended the University of NE Lincoln graduating
with a Bachelor of Science degree in education in 1959. He
was an outstanding athlete playing football, track and baseball and
playing football and baseball for the University of Nebraska. He coached and taught at Exeter, NE, Doane College and North Platte High School. He
worked in the oil exploration and development in Oklahoma and Kansas.
He married Dorothy (Cookie) Reimers in 1957. Later
he was united in marriage to Shelley Brandt on July 30, 1984. They
resided in Oklahoma and Kansas before returning to Grand Island in 1993. Darrel worked at
the Grand Island Wal-Mart.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife Shelley,
daughters and son-in-law Denise and Dr. Steve Rodenburg of Stillwater,
MN and Caylee Pinkston of Hastings, sons and daughter-in-law Casey
Quaife of Seattle, WA, Cody Quaife of Miami, FL, and Colby and Ashley
Quaife of Angier, NC, his mother Edith Pinkston of Grand Island,
sister and brother-in-law Joan and Dan Bennett of Midas, NV and three
grandchildren Sam Rodenburg, Michelle Rodenburg and Wyatt Quaife
and father and mother-in-law Kenneth and Helen Brandt.
He is a member of the Saddle Club and Trinity United Methodist Church.
His father and two daughters Deborah and Sarah preceded
him in death.
Memorials are suggested to the Children’s Miracle
Network or to the family.
