6. He was in the 4H Club. He was awarded a prize for the best essay in t
he seventh grade. Darroll attended Hadley High School and transferr
ed to Lapeer High School where he was senior class president, on the debat
ing team, in the band, on the student council and associate editor of t
he year book. He went on a senior class trip through several of th Gre
at Lakes on the SS South America. He graduated from Lapeer High Scho
ol as an honor student in 1941. He entered the University of Michig
an in 1941 with a full tution scholarship ‎(Michigan Undergraduate Scholars
hip)‎. He served in the United States Navy in World War II. Darroll marri
ed Nina and they had three children. Darroll and Nina were divorced in 19
67. Darroll was general manager of Ude Loans, Inc. in Lapeer. He was o
ne of the founders of Olivet Credit, Treasurer of the Kiwanis Clup for fif
teen years, on the executive board of Troop 125 of the Boy Schouts of Amer
ica, a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and a member and past treasur
er of the First Presbyterian Church. He was a member of Lapeer Post Ameri
can legion for twenty years. Darroll was killed in an automobile accide
nt in Lapeer. He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Lapeer, Michigan.