Darwin Lydell Hines, age 71, of Moses Lake, Washington passed away on Sunday, February 24, 2008 at Spokane, Washington.
Darwin Lydell Hines was born on November 28, 1936, in Johnson, Nebraska to Lester & Verna Hines. He joined an older brother, Verlan. At the early age of 9 or 10, Darwin started clowning at the "Hines" produced rodeos. He had different specialty acts, one of which involved a Shetland pony. Another act was with a spotted midget Florida swamp bull. This bull was shipped in a crate from a gentleman in Florida to Colorado, home of the Hines' family. Verlan broke this bull, 'Chico," to ride, and some of the tricks he was trained to do were to lay down, sit up, many other things on cue and to kneel at the end of the performance with Darwin. He was also broke to drive on a small buggy for parades. One highlight for Darwin was driving him in the Cheyenne Frontier Days parade. In later years, Darwin worked the barrels during the bull riding. Darwin attended school and graduated from Arapahoe School, Arapahoe, Colorado. He went to C.P.A. college in Denver, Colorado, for a short time. He moved to Montana, during the winter of 1955. Darwin and Marva Lou Entzel were married May 16, 1958. They were blessed with two daughters. Darla Lou was bornJanuary 9, 1960 in Lawton, Oklahoma, while Darwin was serving in the Army. Raquel Lea was born April 11, 1969, in Miles City, Montana. Darwin's time in the service was spent in Lawton, Oklahoma, and Germany. He was honorably discharged in 1962. At that time he moved to the ranch Northwest of Terry, living there until 1966. At that time, he and Marva Lou moved to Terry, and purchased the L & M drive-in cafe, and later Happy Charlie's Recreation Center. Darwin also served as Night Marshal in Terry.
In April of 1974, Darwin and family moved to Washington and he purchased land for a residence in George. He worked as a foreman in a feed products plant. He enjoyed spending time with his dog Flower. In 1981, Darwin met Pauline (Ruiz) Barnes. They were married on August 22, 1982 at Dry Falls located in Coulee City, Washington. They made their home in Moses Lake, where he pursued his occupation of process service as well as reuniting families that had been separated or lost for years. Darwin's favorite pastime was looking for arrowheads, Indian artifacts, and agates. He was also a Montana history buff, and poet.
He is survived by his wife, Pauline Hines of Moses Lake, WA; two daughters, Darla Hines of Spokane, WA; and Raquel (Les) Bridges of Nine Mile Falls, WA; two grandchildren, Davin Hines and Fanesa Santos; a great granddaughter, Alexis Santos; a brother, Verlan (Alice) Hines of Miles City, MT; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held on Friday, February 29, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at the Prairie County Cemetery in Terry. Family and friends will meet at the funeral home to proceed to the cemetery. Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home of Terry is in charge of the arrangements. Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the MS Association or American Diabetes Association.
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