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Darleen Feichtel Obituary
March 17, 1951 - October 27, 2025
Chapin, South Carolina - Darleen Lorraine Feichtel, 74, of Prosperity, SC, died October 27, 2025. Born March 17, 1951, in Allentown, PA, she was a daughter of LaRoy S. and Thelma E.L. (Werley) Mantz.
Darleen was a graduate of Parkland High School's Class of 1969 in Orefield, PA. She worked as a bookkeeper for Colonial IU20 for 26 and a half years before her retirement in 2010. She also owned and operated an advertising and promotional business for 25 years - Darleen L. Feichtel Advertising Specialties.
Locally, she was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church, the church's Primetimer's Group, and The Pointes of Plantation Pointe Book Club. She was also active in the band and 4H in her youth and served as Past President of the Women's Club of Lower Nazareth, PA.
She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Rudolph F. "Rudy" Feichtel; two children, Charity L. (Race) Roth, and Chad M. Feichtel; three grandchildren, Braelynn Roth, Madison Feichtel, and Mason Feichtel; and three sisters, Jane (Lee) Meyers, Janice (Patrick) Cornell, and Diana (Christopher) Popik.
She is preceded in death by her parents; and a sister, Kathleen Neupauer.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, October 31, 2025, at St. Peter's Lutheran Church with a visitation to follow.
A funeral service will be held at a later date in Pennsylvania followed by inurnment in Neffs Union Cemetery, Neffs, PA.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Peter Lutheran Church, 900 Dreher Island Road, Chapin, SC 29036, or Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation, 663 13th Street, Suite 100, Oakland, CA 94612.
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