It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Helen Marie Forsthoff Darling at the age of 90. She was born on July 15, 1932 in Kurten, Texas and passed on August 10, 2022. She was the beloved wife of Ray Buchanan Darling Jr. and the mother of three children, Charles Ray, James Buchanan, and Constance “Connie” Hope Darling.
Growing up on a farm, Helen helped her father with farm work along with custom farm work such as baling hay and working the cotton fields. After graduating from Stephen F. Austin High School, she went to work for Texas A&M in the Animal Science Department. In 1967, she and Ray built a home between the Kurten and Reliance Community area where it remains to this day.
Helen did not have a problem getting her hands dirty because of her earlier upbringing and didn’t have a problem putting her two cents in when it came to suggestions. According to Charles, “Mom definitely would tell you what was on her mind”. There were days she and dad would argue like cats and dogs, but they definitely loved each other and was married for 62 years.
Helen loved her gardening and what a garden she had. Big enough for three families. She loved growing her roses, all different colors. One thing she really enjoyed was baking zucchini bread and handing it to people she met whether it was church, doctor’s offices or just people she met along the way. She and Ray were happy to support the First Methodist Church while living in Bryan with meat from a calf they had raised for a spaghetti supper the church would sponsor.
Helen leaves behind her son, Charles Ray Darling and wife Rox Ann of Bryan; brother, Freddie Charles Forsthoff and wife Ann Lovell of Bryan; and a sister-in-law, Ann Darling England of Sparta, Tennessee. Helen also leaves behind, three grandchildren Lisa Marie Kenmuir Larsen and husband Lasse, Kayla Jo Darling and Shawn Darling; great-grandsons, Colton James Darling and Cayden Kirk; great-granddaughters, Havyn Larsen and Angelica Briggs. She will be greatly missed.
Helen is preceded in death by her beloved husband, Ray Buchanan Darling Jr.; son, James Buchanan Darling; daughter, Constance “Connie” Hope Darling; younger brother, Robert George Forsthoff; sister, Evelyn Payne; brother-in-law, Monroe Payne; and a sister-in-law, Linda Forsthoff.
We would like to thank the Provident Memorial Care Facility and Hospice of Livingston, Texas for the care they gave to our beloved mother.
Funeral service will be held at 11:00 am Monday, August 15, 2022 at Memorial Funeral Chapel in Bryan. Interment will follow at Kurten Cemetery. Visitation will began at 9:00 am until time of service.
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