Kern County Obituaries

Irene Darr

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Mojave Desert News; 19 Sep 1996

Irene Darr, Boron resident, passed away at home on September 3. Funeral services were 
held on September 14 in the Mojave Catholic Church and interment was in the East Kern 
Cemetery in Mojave.
She is survived by husband James of Boron; her son Jed of Glendale, Arizona; mother 
Lucille Brummett of North Edwards; brother William Brummett of McLean, Virginia; sisters 
Debbie Richmond of St. George, Utah, Ann Pollock of Sweet Home, - Oregon; niece Wendy 
Looney and nephew Kevin Jeffers.
Irene was born in Bakersfield, California but has lived most of her life in North Edwards 
and Boron.
Mrs. Darr was a heavy equipment operator at U.S. Borax in Boron for the past four years. 
Recently she was elected National vice president of the Women in Mining Educational 
Foundation.
Prior to her working at U.S. Borax Irene had been associated with Darr/Pitcairn 
Agriculture/Kramer Services for many years. Memorial donations may be sent to the Irene 
Darr Memorial Fund, c/o Boron Chamber of Commerce. The donations will be used for an 
"Irene Darr Memorial" at the Twenty Mule Team Museum in Boron.