Darlene M. Simmons, age 82, of Boonville, died on Saturday, April 20, 2019.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday April 24, at Howard Funeral Home, where visitation begins at 10 a.m. Burial will follow at Walnut Grove Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center

Darlene is preceded in death by her parents Lorence Otto Vahrenberg and Edna Arnsmeyer.

She is survived by her daughter Teresa (Richard) Nelson of Boonville, sister Dorothy Dean Bronson of Wichita, Kansas, her grandchildren Jake (Kaitlyn) Nelson, Anna Nelson (Corey Watring), Richie Nelson, Suzzane (Kevin) Adams, great- grandchildren Tenna, R.C., Jon, Wyatt, and Grace.