Darrell Robert Ginther

JUST SHORT OF HIS 77TH BIRTHDAY, OUR OLDEST BROTHER DARRELL’S HOMEGOING OCCURRED PEACEFULLY IN HIS SLEEP AT HIS TACOMA APARTMENT. DARRELL SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST WHEREVER HE WENT AND HE WENT QUITE FREQUENTLY. HE MAY BE BEST DESCRIBED AS A SIDEWALK EVANGELIST. HE GAVE OUT CHRISTIAN TRACTS, SANG GOSPEL SONGS, AND ASSISTED GOSPEL MISSIONS FOR THE POOR AND HOMELESS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND VANCOUVER CANADA ON A YEARLY BASIS AS WELL AS OUT FRONT OF THE TACOMA CITY HALL NEAR HIS HOME. DARRELL WAS ALLWAYS ON THE GO, TRAVELING TO EUROPE FIVE TIMES INCLUDING NORWAY TWICE AND GERMANY, HIS ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS AND MANY PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES. ALTHOUGH A LIFE LONG LUTHERAN ALONG WITH HIS FAMILY DARRELL FOUND CONVENIENCE AND FRIENDSHIP MOST RECENTLY WORSHIPPING WITH THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF TACOMA. LIKE HIS MOTHER PEARL GINTHER WHO PASSED AWAY THIS APRIL AT 101, DARRELL, FOR MANY YEARS, ASSISTED THE TACOMA SEAFARERS CENTER IN JANITORIAL WORK AND FUNDRAISING WITH ALUMINUM CAN COLLECTION. OTHER WORK INCLUDED GENERAL MAINTAINANCE FOR AREA BUSINESSES.A DISSABILITY PREVENTED HIM FROM FULL EMPLOYMENT BUT GAVE HIM TIME FOR OTHERS. PEOPLE ENJOYED DARRELL FOR HIS CHEEREFUL OUTLOOK AND UPBEAT AND HUMOROUS WAYS. DARRELL WAS A DEVOTED SON, CALLING HIS MOTHER DAILY FOR A DEVOTIONAL TIME. IT IS NO DOUBT THAT A LARGE VOID COULD NOT BE FILLED WHEN HIS MOTHER PEARL RECENTLY PASSED THRU THE PEARLY GATES. HE FOUGHT SIN AND DEMONS IN HIS OWN LIFE BUT SOUGHT FORGIVENESS SO WE TRUST AND BELIEVE HE JOINS HIS MOTHER AND BROTHER JERRY GINTHER NOW FOR ETERNITY IN THE HAPPIEST OF PLACES-HEAVEN. DARRELL AUTHORED A BIOGRAPHY ABOUT HIS EARLY YEARS OF DIFFICULTIES, TRAGEDY AND FAMILY INTERCESSION. DARRELL WAS NEVER MARRIED AND HAD NO CHILDREN. SURVIVING DARRELL IS SISTERS GLORIA BROWN OF GEORGIA,JOYCE BASSETT AND ROBERTA GINTHER OF PUYALLUP; BROTHERS LORIN GINTHER OF BROWNS POINT TACOMA,WAYNE GINTHER OF BONNEYLAKE AND RONALD GINTHER OF WATERTOWN S.D. PRECEEDING DARRELL IN DEATH BESIDES HIS FATHER ROBERT GINTHER IN 1947 AND HIS MOTHER PEARL ON APRIL 30, 2011, IS THE YOUNGEST SIBLING JERRY GINTHER PASSING JUST ONE MONTH PREDEEDING ON JULY 14, 2011. MEMORIAL SERVICE AND INTERMENT ARE PLANNED FOR A LATER DATE AT BRYANT S.D. GIFTS IN MEMORIAM MAY BE SENT TO THE TACOMA SEAFARRERS CENTER OF TACOMA OR THE PLAIN VIEW FARM HERITAGE FUND.