Darlene Dunlap

Our beloved Darlene Kay Dunlap went home with the Lord on Saturday, March 18, 2023, at the age of 69.

Darlene was born on May 14, 1953, to Howard and Shirley Hall. Darlene graduated from Austintown Fitch High School in 1973. She then became a STNA at Crandall Medical Center for years.

In 1976, Darlene met John Dunlap. They had been married for 44 years. Darlene had four children, John David Dunlap II (Johnny), Michelle, Nathan, and Holly.

Darlene enjoyed going to church, reading her Bible, listening and singing to music, crafts, and being a mom and being a grandmother (Maw.Maw).

Darlene was preceded in death by her brother, Edward, her parents, Howard and Shirley, and brother Chuck Hall.

She will be extremely missed by her husband, John, her children, Johnny, Michelle, Nathan, and Holly, her grandchildren, Arielle, Tyler, Ameerah, Genuine, and Gianna. Sisters and brothers, Nancy, Joyce, Sharon, Judy, Carol, and Rick. Nephew, Charlie, and many other nieces and nephews, and friends. Friends and family may share their online condolences at www.deansfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are entrusted to Dean's Funeral Home Sebring, Ohio.

I'm Free

Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free
I’m following the path God has laid you see.
I took His hand when I heard him call
I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day
To laugh, to love, to work, to play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way
I found that peace at the close of day.

If my parting has left a void
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss
Oh yes, these things I too will miss.

Be not burdened with times of sorrow
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life’s been full, I savored much
Good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch.

Perhaps my time seemed all too brief
Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your hearts and peace to thee
God wanted me now; He set me free.