| A Life Remembered |
Darlene B. Sines was born July 21, 1959 |
She had a full life growing up with her family. Along with her parents, she had a sister and a brother. She loved to go fishing and hunting with her Dad. She was a very good basketball player. That is where she got the nickname “Bird”. On July 8, 1978, she married the man of her life, Robert B. Sines. They had a great life together raising a family and building a house in the country. She had such beautiful flowers all around their property. The fall of 2001, was a very sad time in their life. She was diagnosed with stage three Ovarian cancer. She bravely faced all the surgeries, chemotherapy, and radiation treatments even the gamma knife procedure at the University of Pittsburgh hospital for her brain tumors. She fought as hard as she could for four years. She was truly an inspiration to all of us. She never complained, but took one day at a time and lived life to it’s fullest. She touched many lives in her short 47 years. She worked as a teacher’s aide. At the end of each school year she would invite the teacher’s that she worked with to her house and have a party to celebrate the end of another school year. She always made sure she baked several kinds of pies because everybody really looked forward to and raved about her delicious pie. She made many crafts and each year at Christmas time she would load up her car with personalized wreaths, and other handmade crafts to give to everyone. She also took handmade items to the nurses at the Somerset Oncology Center. She made many friends and did many acts of kindness everywhere she went. She endured the trips to the Cancer Treatment Center of America in Zion Illinois which gave her new hope with newer treatments available. In 2006, while at the Cancer Treatment Center of America she was asked what things she would like to accomplish in the time she had left. She told them, her oldest son was getting married on July 15th,and her parents would be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on July 28th. Her 50th anniversary gift to her parents was a slide show presentation of family photos set to music which she diligently worked on for two years along with battling her cancer. She made it to both celebrations, but the cancer refused to give up. In September 2006 she entered the Somerset Hospital for the last time. The pain was becoming too excruciating to control at home and she hadn’t been able to eat anything for weeks. She continued to lose weight and the cancer kept spreading throughout her body. She realized she didn’t have much time left so she wanted to tell everybody she cared for “Good-bye”. She said, “Not everybody gets to say “Good-bye”. She got to spend some quality time with the ones she loved. She got to say her “Good-bye’s”, “I Love you’s,” and give hugs. It was a wonderful time. She received her ultimate healing on October 7, 2006 with her husband by her side, and her family close by. Her final request was, “No Pain”. Friends and relatives stood in line at the funeral home for over one hour for her viewing with a continuous procession that spanned a period of 8 hours. A real tribute to the life she lived. October 10, 2006 was a beautiful, sunny, autumn day. The trip from St Mary’s Catholic Church in Pocahontas to the Cemetery was a beautiful ride. |