Darlene May Handlen, 74, of Lumberton, died May 14, 2008 at Christus Hospital, St. Elizabeth. A native of Kansas City, Kansas and resident of the area since 1994, Darlene was a Quality Assurance Jester with A.M.I. She liked latch-hooking, pencil coloring, and soap-operas.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Helen G. and Lewis J. Moore; daughter, Belinda Handlen; brother, Robert L. Moore; and grandchildren, Sue Cooley and Jeremiah Spencer.
She is survived by her husband, Charley Wayne Handlen, Sr. of Lumberton; daughters, Helen I. Nichols and husband James, Sr. of Lumberton, Mary Ann Meynig and husband, Karl, of Beaumont; sons, Charley W. Handlen, Jr. of California, Lee Handlen and Douglas Handlen and wife, Sue, all of Michigan City, Indiana; fourteen grandchildren, Amy Alpha, Tina Lester, Heather Viator, James Nichols, Jr., Stephanie Moss, Jordan Handlen, Collin Handlen, Jennifer Handlen, Jonathon Handlen, George Spencer II and his wife Rosanna, Misty Farrow, Cory Handlen, Cody Meynig, and Samantha Meynig; and fifteen great-grandchildren, Tiffany, Brandon, Dylan, Robert Jr., Ashley, Jonathan, Jacob, Waylon, Aleesha, Austin, Antonio, Peyton, Kendall, Sky, and Marley.
Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont.
