Yvette Darby

Services for Yvette Augustine Marie Delahayes Darby, 80, of Cleburne, will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, 2007 in the Saint Joseph Catholic Church. Father Sergio Rizo will officiate.
Born in Rouen, France June 29, 1926 to Marie and Rene' Delahayes past away on April 22, 2007 in Cleburne. She was an amazing wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and teacher. She graduated high school in France at the age of fourteen. She graduated from Lecole Superieure de Rouen at the age of sixteen. It was a prestigious training school for teachers. She soon began teaching kindergarten, fourth and eighth grades and taught for two years.Soon after she started working for the France government until coming to the United States in 1945. She became a United States citizen in 1950. She married Ralph Darby on June 15, 1957 in Girard, Ohio. In 1970, she graduated from Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio. She began teaching French at the high school level for Niles McKinley in Niles, Ohio. From there she went on and taught at Crestview High School for eleven years. Then moved to Texas, she taught at R.L. Turner in Carrolton, Texas for three years until she began teaching at Cleburne High School French and Spanish and also headed the foreign language department. She also was a French teacher at Southern Adventist University in Keene. She retired from CISD in 1998. After retirement, she was a substitute teacher for Arlington ISD, and she continued to teach and volunteer her services at the team school for three years. She was a girl scout leader for many years and a long time member of St. Joseph Catholic Church where she taught CCD class to many of children.
She is survived by her husband Ralph Darby, four daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Libby) McCrea of Cleburne; Mrs. Joel (Patty) Jackson of Burleson, Mrs. Sam (Sue) Fenstermacher of Cleburne and Mrs. Randy (Josette) Fullen of Joshua; three sons, Bill Darby of Spring, Texas, Michael Darby of Cleburne and Ralph Darby of Glenrose; seventeen grandchildren and nine great-granchildren; her sister, Annette Delahayes; her brothers, Jean, Bernard, and Francois Delahayes in France. She is preceded in death by her son, Robert Darby; her mother, Marie and her father, Rene Delahayes; a sister, Francoise and a brother, Rene Delahayes.
Visitation will be at the funeral home Tuesday starting at 6:00 p.m. and rosary will start at 7:00 p.m.

Visitation

Crosier-Pearson Cleburne
Rosary begins at 7:00
512 North Ridgeway Dr.
Cleburne, TX 76033
Tuesday
6-8 p.m.
Map to Visitation Location

Service

St. Joseph Catholic Church
Wednesday
1:00 p.m.

Interment

Rosehill Cemetery
FM 4 and FM 3136
cleburne , tx 76031
Map to Interment Location