Darrell Farley

Darrell Gene Farley was born, at St. Bernadines Hospital in San Bernardino, California, on March 31, 1957. His parents were Varnice and Lura Farley. He was the youngest of four children: Freda, Roy, Lois and Darrell. He was raised in Rialto, California. He graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1975.

After graduating high school, Darrell enlisted into the United States Army. He held the rank of Sergeant and served his country for three years, in Germany. While in Germany, he gave his heart to Jesus Christ and asked Him to be his Savior. He was honorably discharged from the army in March 1979.

In May 1979, he started working as a welder for Macco. It was through his work that he made many of the lifelong friendships that he cherished. George and Vivian, Little Johnny and Julie, Jim Hill and Chuck, know that Darrell had a special place in his heart for you and is looking forward to seeing you, with him one day, in heaven. To all his extended Macco and ARB family, which are too many to name, know that you were special to him as well. He was a hard working man, who truly loved what he did and the people he worked with. He retired in 2009.

In May 1979, he also started dating the woman who would become his wife, Alice Dorado. Darrell and Alice first met in kindergarten. He always said he loved her since then. In grade school, he even carved her initials on a tree, in his backyard. Darrell and Alice were married on April 5, 1980. Together, they raised four daughters: Cristal, Melissa, Stephanie and Lisa.

Darrell was actively involved in church. At various points in time, he held the positions of a Sunday school teacher and church usher. His faith was of the utmost importance to him. His heart’s desire was that everyone he knew and loved would come to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, as he did.

Darrell was a good man. He was kind, loving and giving. He was very determined. He taught himself to speak Spanish and spoke it fluently. He loved to cook, garden, float in our pool, fish with his sons and golf with his buddies. He was always ready for a new project around the house, and if this was the case, his buddy Bennie was never far behind to lend a helping hand. There were three things Darrell knew for sure: how much his family and friends loved him, he felt his purpose in life was to make people laugh (even at his own expense) and he said he looked especially good in black. There was always a lot of laughter in the Farley household, because of Darrell.

He was a loving husband, always sweet and kind to Alice, whom he lovingly called his princess. He was an amazing daddy. God truly blessed the Farley girls when He gave them to Darrell. Everything he did was done to make sure they were cared for and loved by him. Anyone could tell he was the father to all daughters. It was not uncommon for him to have braids or curlers in his hair. One time while asleep they managed to polish each of his toe nails a different color, which he later proudly showed off to his friends at work. He loved his girls. He was a devoted son and caring brother. He is now reunited with his father, mother, brother Roy and sister Freda, whom he loved. If he was on the phone, laughing hysterically and had tears in his eyes because of it, it was clear to his family that the person at the other end was without a doubt his sister Lois. He loved her very much and enjoyed their conversations full of laughter. He had a special place in his heart for his sister, Donna, whom he found pleasure in antagonizing. Darrell had a large extended family and many friends, he cared for each and every one of them.

In 2008, Darrell was diagnosed with a rare form of stomach cancer. Throughout his battle with cancer, he never lost his faith in Jesus Christ. If anything, it only grew stronger. He saw this as an opportunity to reach people he never could have reached before. Witnessing his faith to doctors, nurses, radiologists, EMTs, other cancer patients and anyone else he came into contact with became his life.

He never lost hope in a miracle but said that if it wasn’t to be, he was ready. We want to leave you with what Darrell said repeatedly to his wife and daughters at the end of his life “Don’t worry, I’m alright. I’ll be with Jesus”.

Arrangements under the direction of Green Acres Memorial Park and Mortuary, Bloomington, CA.