Leonard J. Darga
Died November 5, 2014
CEDAR
– Leonard James Darga, 86, of Centerville Township passed away on Wednesday,
November 5, 2014 at home surrounded by his loving family.
Leonard was born March 22, 1928 in
Centerville Township the son of Frank A. Darga and Catherine (Osga) Darga. On September 30, 1961 at St. Mary’s Church of
Lake Leelanau he married he married Katherine M. (LaBonte) Darga who survives.
Leonard attended Holy Rosary School and was a
life long member of the parish. He
worked at Flush Door Company in Suttons Bay.
He spent twenty six years at Coca Cola Bottling Company in Traverse
City. Leonard was a great fisherman who
spear fished in the bays and caught as many as three hundred white fish in a
day.
Leonard had been an avid fisherman his whole life right up to
January 14th of 2014; with the help of Kathy they landed a near record Northern
Pike out in front of their home on Lake Leelanau. He was an awesome companion
to Kathy for the 53 years they were married, a great Father and Grand Dad he
will be greatly missed we Love You, Leonard.
Leonard is survived by his wife, Katherine,
his four children, Linus (Tracy) Darga of Kingsley, Dawn (Peter) Young of Traverse
City, Thomas Darga (Christopher Frazier) of Miami Beach, FLA, Michelle (John)
Toth of Belleville; his siblings, Edmund Darga, Donald (Pat Plank) Darga, Alice
(Ronald) Karkutt, seven grandchildren; Austin, Allison, Anna, Ben, J. Logan,
Chloe and Gabe.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his
siblings, Felix, Clarence and Raymond Darga; and a son in infancy.
Visitation will be held Sunday, Nov. 9 from 4
to 8 p.m. with the Rosary to be prayed at 7 p.m. at the Martinson Funeral Home
of Suttons Bay. The mass will be
celebrated at 11 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 10 with visitation one hour prior at the
Holy Rosary Church of Isadore. Burial
will be at a later date in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Father Donald Libby will serve as celebrant.
Memorials may be
directed to Holy Rosary Choir, 6982 S. Schomberg Road, Cedar, MI 49621,
Leelanau Christian Neighbors, PO 32, Suttons
Bay, MI 49682 and/or Mass Intentions.
Arrangements are with the Martinson Funeral
Home of Suttons Bay.
Len Darga
ReplyDeleteMy deepest sympathy to the family for your loss.
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Len will be greatly missed by many.
I will never forget you Len, for all the good times we had, growing up, and the fishing, hunting and fun times, we had together.
Miss you, Len.
Dear Kathy and Darga Family,
ReplyDeleteWe send our most sincere condolences to all of you on your loss of dear Len. He was an ambitious person who worked hard and raised a wonderful family. He truly knew how to catch fish and to make great wine! It was an inspiration to see how he and Kathy were such a team in so many things they did. Both have been wonderful neighbors. We have missed seeing Len at our Holy Rosary masses and know that he suffered a lot in his last years. We're sorry we missed being with you Kathy for the funeral/celebration of Len's life as we were gone on a trip. We will give a generous donation of food for the holiday parish food baskets this year in Len's honor (and yours too Kathy since we've enjoyed many of your wonderful canned foods and strawberries in our "trade" arrangement!). May Len now rest in peace in the loving arms of our Lord.
May the Lord bless and keep you!
Love and prayers,
Judy and Glenn
With love and prayers,
Judy and Glenn LaCross