The Hartley Sentinel-The Everly/Royal News - Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

A memorial service for Darlene M. Koele was held Friday, May 5, 2023, at the Hartley Funeral Home Chapel in Hartley. Interment was at Pleasant View Cemetery in Hartley. Hartley Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements.

Darlene Mae Koele, one of five children of Carl H. and Wilma I. (Shirmer) Ebel, was born May 12, 1953, near Melvin. She spent her youth in the Hartley vicinity where she attended school. She later received training as a pharmacy tech.

Darlene was united in marriage to Keith C. Koele on Feb. 9, 1998, at Las Vegas, Nev. They made their home near Storm Lake for many years bef...