Daryl Eugene Haskin

DARYL EUGENE HASKIN

Daryl Eugene Haskin, passed away unexpectedly at age 79, on Saturday, September 16, 2017, at his home in Hayfield Minnesota.

Daryl was born on March 5, 1938, in Austin, MN and grew up on a farm in rural Minnesota.

He married the love of his life, Betty Joan Ripka in 1958, and they began their life together in West Concord, MN where they owned a gas station and started their family. They lived and raised their three children, Cindy, Ronald and Connie in the country until moving to Hayfield in 1978. There Daryl worked as a foreman in gas pipelining until his retirement. Daryl had an enduring endless love for his wife and family. His many friends described him as loving, gentle, caring, funny, and always interested in what people were up to. Daryl enjoyed working in his woodshop, keeping a manicured lawn, baking bread and meeting uptown with friends. Daryl loved all people and is known as Dad, Pops, and grandpa in the cowboy hat, old man, and Friend by many. Daryl had a talent for writing poems for his wife and Peanut, (daughter, Connie) rhyming words to let them know how much he loved them. Daryl attended Church Services at Community Celebration Church with Connie and her family on Sundays, growing in his faith and preparing for his own journey home.

Daryl is survived by his children; Connie (Mark) Kaehler and Ronald (Candice) Haskin, grandchildren; Kari, Jennifer, Tisha, Chad, Angela, Amy, Alicia, and Cori, Heather, Jake, Jordan; Nathan, Chelsie and 23 great-grandchildren; sister, Lavonne (Chuck) Halverson; special friend, Jill (Pete) Kappers, and many nieces and nephews. He was proceeded in death by his wife Betty; daughter, Cindy; and parents, George Sr. and Myrtle Wilkerson. Family is comforted knowing Daryl and Betty are reunited, and will be in each other’s arms dancing through eternity, a true love story.

Visitation will be 5:00-8:00 p.m. Friday, September 22, 2017 , at Czaplewski Family Funeral Home and Crematory, 501 2nd Street NW in Hayfield and one hour before the service at the church on Saturday.

The funeral service will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 23, 2017, at the Community Celebration Church, 27337 Hwy 34, Kasson, MN. Inurnment will be in Evanger Lutheran Cemetery at a later date.

Blessed be his memory.

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