RAPID CITY A caring man with a good heart has left us. Virgel LeRoy Darnall was born April 11, 1925 just outside of Burke to Jay and Helen (Sieh) Darnall. Virgel loved his family, his work, his church, but maybe most of all he loved life. However, on Saturday, April 3, 2010, it was time for him to move on. Virgel started working as a very young man in the construction business and age 17, it cost him his left arm. He continued to work in construction, driving trucks or what ever he could to provide for his young family. He eventually ended up at the U.S. Post Office working his way from floor clerk to Systems Examiner. After 31 years at the post office, Virgel settled into a comfortable retirement with his wife, Myrna. They did some traveling, but Virgel always counted the minutes until he got back home. Breathing issued plagued Virgel the last 20 years of his life due to many years of smoking. He was the first to say this is my own fault. No one made me stick those things in my mouth. Up until the last week, Virgel was able to go out with friends, attend church and entertain on a fairly regular basis. We are blessed that he didnt suffer a long time before his passing. Virgel is survived by his wife, Myrna Darnall, Rapid City; and his children, Dave and Jana Darnall, Portland, Ore., Karen Thatcher and her husband, Steve, Lummi Island, Wash., Debbie Sudrala and her husband, Vaugh, Tucson, Ariz., and John Wright and his wife Wendy, Rapid City. Virgel was blessed with 10 grandkids and 21 great-grandkids. He shared his life with one and all. He is also survived by a sister, Marie Oslund, Black Hawk; a brother, Lloyd Darnall and his wife, Maxine, Brookings; and several nieces and nephews. Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 7, at Knollwood Heights United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Linda Baldock officiating. Memorials have been established for Hospice of the Hills and the Knollwood Heights United Methodist Church.