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Darwin Kinney
Visitation: Thursday, April 23, 2009 11:00 AM until 2:00 PM WEST & PARRISH & PEDIGO FUNERAL HOME 105 North Montgomery Street Spencer, IN 47460	VIEW/SEND CONDOLENCES
Darwin Frank Kinney was born Oct. 27, 1942, in Greencastle, IN, the second son of Paul and Blanche (Childress) Kinney. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1961, then earned his BA and MS degrees from Indiana University. He taught biology and life science at Crown Point High School from the fall of 1967 until retirement in 2001. He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Dottie, his son and daughter-in-law, Eric and Monika, and their children Teja, Ian, and Lia, and by his daughter Lisa and her daughter Elana. He is also survived by his brother and sister-in-law Kenneth Kinney and Judy Fulford, and their daughter Sierra, and by his brother and sister-in-law Victor and Shirley Kinney and their son Jason. Darwin's passing is also mourned by Dottie's five siblings and their spouses and children, by his aunt Caroline (Kinney) Beck and her husband Tom, and by Darwin's numerous cousins. Darwin leaves behind wonderful long-time friends in Crown Point and Spencer, whom he has enjoyed visiting with over the past eight years in-between trips to Richmond, Virginia and Houston, Texas, to see children and grandchildren. Darwin passed away in Richmond, Virginia, shortly after learning that he had advanced pancreatic cancer. The funeral will be held in Crown Point at the First United Methodist Church (Main Street) on Tuesday, April 21, at 11 a.m. Visitation in Spencer, Indiana, will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 23, at West, Parrish, and Pedigo Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer.