Sheila I. (Schuler) Darling was born in Eureka, CA on January 26th, 1947 to Donald K. Schuler and Laura Larsen Schuler. She died peacefully surrounded by family on November 14th, 2023 in Santa Rosa.

Sheila attended Washington Elementary School for the first two years and then the family moved to Willow Creek where she attended Trinity Valley Elementary, graduating from 8th grade. She then attended her freshman year of high school at Hoopa Valley High School.  Her family moved back to Eureka in 1962 where she completed high school at what was then known as Eureka Senior High School. She attended College of the Redwoods and Humboldt State University.

She was employed by Humboldt County for over 33 years until her retirement in 2002. She enjoyed keeping in touch with special friends she had made during her long career. She is a member of the Eureka First Church of the Nazarene.  She enjoyed church, friends and family, traveling, gardening, and spending time at their winter home in Arizona where many fond memories and cherished friendships were made.

Sheila was preceded in death by her parents Donald and Laura Schuler, and her husband, Keith R. Darling of 47 years.

She is survived by her stepson, Keith F. Darling, stepdaughter, Lynn Darling Wolfe, and her husband, Daryl Wolfe, as well as her grandsons, Andrew Darling, and Jake Darling (Pyper), along with many cousins in and out of the area. 

Services will be held on November 28th, 2023 at the Church of the Nazarene in Eureka at 11 a.m.

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