Darlene Kay Sowers Gilkey

Darlene Kay Sowers Gilkey, 59, of Logan, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2012 at The Pickering House in Lancaster. She was born September 25, 1952 in Nelsonville, daughter of the late Jesse and Freda Haddox Klinger.

She was a former Nursing Assistant at Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster.

Darlene is survived by her sons, Ralph E. Heather Sowers III of Logan and Kevin Michael Ami Sowers of Laurelville; grandchildren, Olivia, Brianna, Andrew, Emerson, Bianca, Tanner and Jackson; sister, Phyllis Clark of Logan and brothers-in-law, James W. Mohler of New Straitsville and John Cherry of New Plymouth.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Leroy Andrew Gilkey; brother, Don Klinger and sisters, Carolyn Gilkey, Barbara Sue Mohler and Dorothy Cherry.

Funeral services will be held 1 P.M., Wednesday, January 18, 2012 in the Cardaras Funeral Home, 183 E. Second St., Logan, with Chaplin Greg Schmalfeldt and Pastor Brad Jones officiating. Interment will be in Knollwood Cemetery, Logan. Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday, from 11 A.M. until the time of the service.

The family suggests contributions be made in memory of Darlene Kay Sowers Gilkey to the Hocking County Humane Society, P.O. Box 863, Logan, Ohio 43138.

Please sign her online guestbook at www.cardaras.com