Darren was baptized at St. Peters Episcopal Church, where he later became an acolyte and attended Sunday school. He attended Rickard Elementary School and Williston Junior High. He then attended and graduated from Williston High School, where he played football, baseball, and was on the track & wrestling teams. He also played baseball in the Babe Ruth World Series Games.
After high school Darren attended college at Montana State University and went on to attend the University of Arizona, receiving a degree in cellular and molecular biology. After college, Darren worked as the head charge nurse at a dialysis clinic in Tucson, AZ. During this time Darren had a daughter, Carissa, born in February 1991. Following his time in the medical field, Darren pursued many different business ventures and careers, including modeling, and a candle business that participated in the People's Choice Awards and won the Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Darren had three grandchildren who he loved dearly, Bryleigh, Reagan, and Jackson. He enjoyed visiting them and spoiling them any chance he got. Darren regularly attended church in Maricopa, served God, and enjoyed playing the drums and singing in the church band. Darren's friends and family would describe him as kind, funny, loving, generous, big-hearted, and a jokester. He lived his life to the fullest, had so many wonderful experiences, and made so many amazing memories. He was loved by many and will be deeply missed and always remembered. May he rest in peace.
Darren was preceded in death by his father, Charles Owan. Darren is survived by his daughter: Carissa Owan Bruce (Matthew), his grandchildren: Bryleigh, Reagan, and Jackson, his brothers: Stephen Owan (Toni) and Rod Owan (Mariane), his nieces: Cassy Owan (Scott), Caity Owan, and Danika Owan, his nephew: Christopher Owan, his great-nieces and nephews: Ella, William, Harper, and Owan, and his mother, Gladys Owan.
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