Darrell Lee McNabb

Darrell L. McNabb, age 70, formerly of Ithaca, died Wednesday, November 10, 2010, at Pine River Healthcare Center in St. Louis.

Darrell was born to Dorothy and Harry V. Snyder in Alma, on May 4, 1940, the youngest of their five children. He was later adopted by Edith and Merle McNabb.

While attending Ithaca Public Schools he excelled in track and football, holding many school records.

Darrell was very creative and inventive. Among his occupations were meat cutter, Alma city police officer, truck driver, and trucking dispatcher.

Darrell is survived by his four daughters, Kam of Ypsilanti, Lynnada and Malisha, both of Ann Arbor, and Nichelle of Westerville, Ohio; his granddaughter, Haley McNabb; his sister-in-law, Betty Snyder; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; and his brother and sisters, Virgil Snyder, Elizabeth “Betty” Snyder Griffith, Donna Snyder-Swiontek, and Bonna Snyder-Schuitema.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, November 15, at the Barden Funeral Home in Ithaca, with Pastor George Showers officiating. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery in Alma. Visitation will be Monday from 9 - 11 a.m.