Darrell Laster

1937 - 2014

Darrell Laster May 18, 1937 - January 14, 2014 Resident of El Sobrante and Red Bluff, Darrell was born and raised in Batesville, Arkansas. As a teenager he and his family moved to Richmond where he met and married Joanne. He had learned to run tractors on the farms in Arkansas and used that experience to get work doing landscape construction. He joined Operating Engineers Local 3 and was a 50 year member. In 1966 he started his own company, Darrell Laster Landscape Construction, and ran it for 31 years before turning it over to his daughters, Shelly and Pam, who are proud to continue its success. After retiring from landscape construction, it was time for Darrell to live his dream. In 1997 he relocated to a ranch in Red Bluff where he and his wife, Sidsel, created a horse boarding business, D&S Ranch. Darrell was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed spending his spare time fishing, hunting and camping with friends and family. Darrell will be truly missed by his siblings, Howard (and Donna) Laster, Doris (and Bill) Haldeman, his wife, Sidsel, children Pamela (and Martin) Fisk, Michele (and Donald) Lau, and Robert, step-daughter Kellie (and Lawrence), 9 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions are preferred to Pro Health Hospice, 2700 Zaker Rd., San Jose, CA 95134. Please contact Graham Hitch Memorial Center in Danville, CA 925-837-2500.