YUMA, Ariz - Rev. Darwin E. Secord, 88, died on Aug. 25, 2010, in Yuma, Ariz., just five days before his 65th wedding anniversary.
Memorial services will be held Saturday, Nov. 13, at Gila Mountain United Methodist Church in Yuma, Ariz. Interment will be held at the family plot in Byron, Mich., next spring.
He was born Oct. 12, 1921, in Gaines, Mich., to William and Blanche (Graham) Secord. His father was a steamfitter on the Grand Trunk Railroad and his mother, a homemaker to seven children, who enjoyed dancing and whistling.
For 43 years he served in Christian ministry with the United Methodist Church, in Ohio, Texas, Michigan and the Pacific Northwest.
Known as "the kid" by his siblings, he led an adventurous life: cat fishing at night in his youth, helping build a Snake River ferry with a sledge hammer and getting a four-point buck while living in Wallowa at age 48.
He retired, in body but not in spirit, to the John Day-Prairie City area.
Leaving behind a remarkable heritage in his passing, his life's challenge was to establish his own family on higher ground than that which he was born.
Survivors include his wife of 64 years; eight children; 16 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and 3 great-great grandchildren.
(Blue Mountain Eagle, John Day, Grant, Oregon)
Interred on 17 June 2011.
YUMA, Ariz - Rev. Darwin E. Secord, 88, died on Aug. 25, 2010, in Yuma, Ariz., just five days before his 65th wedding anniversary.
Memorial services will be held Saturday, Nov. 13, at Gila Mountain United Methodist Church in Yuma, Ariz. Interment will be held at the family plot in Byron, Mich., next spring.
He was born Oct. 12, 1921, in Gaines, Mich., to William and Blanche (Graham) Secord. His father was a steamfitter on the Grand Trunk Railroad and his mother, a homemaker to seven children, who enjoyed dancing and whistling.
For 43 years he served in Christian ministry with the United Methodist Church, in Ohio, Texas, Michigan and the Pacific Northwest.
Known as "the kid" by his siblings, he led an adventurous life: cat fishing at night in his youth, helping build a Snake River ferry with a sledge hammer and getting a four-point buck while living in Wallowa at age 48.
He retired, in body but not in spirit, to the John Day-Prairie City area.
Leaving behind a remarkable heritage in his passing, his life's challenge was to establish his own family on higher ground than that which he was born.
Survivors include his wife of 64 years; eight children; 16 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and 3 great-great grandchildren.
(Blue Mountain Eagle, John Day, Grant, Oregon)
Interred on 17 June 2011.
Family Members
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Vera Secord
1900–1900
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Erma Jeanette "Greta" Secord Klegman
1901–1990
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Sarah Jennie "Mabel" Secord Judson
1902–1945
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Florence Secord
1905–1905
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Ada Pearl "June" Secord Zivkovich
1906–1959
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William Charles "Willie" Secord
1908–1910
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Graham Lewis Secord
1913–1954
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Roland Eugene Secord
1915–1945
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S1 David Duane Secord
1917–1943
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