Darald Hammond

The funeral service celebrating the life of Darald Hammond of Eagle Bend, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 15, at the United Methodist Church in Eagle Bend. Visitation will be held on Monday from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at the Schuller Family Funeral Homes & Cremation Services’ Domian-Anderson Chapel in Bertha, and will resume at the church in Eagle Bend on Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service. Darald Clayton Hammond was born December 17, 1936, to Leon and Gladys (Nelson) Hammond of Eagle Bend, MN. Like other farm kids of that era, Darald was another pair of hands on the farm and in the fall when the crops were in, he attended school in Eagle Bend. His siblings remember him with toes that were perpetually skinned up from running barefoot, and chores did not interfere with having fun. After graduating from high school in 1954, Darald worked at Diamond Match in Cloquet, until 1956 when he enlisted in the Air Force. After spending time at two different bases in Texas, he was stationed in North Carolina. On January 3, 1959, Darald married the love of his life, Carol Frances Hall, in New Rockford, ND. They returned to North Carolina where he served until his honorable discharge in 1960. After discharge, he moved his family back north to Cloquet, where he worked his way up to Mechanic First Class at the match mill. Darald and Carol were blessed with four children – Rebecca “Becky”, Russell, Peggy, and Julie. Darald was a farmer at heart. While working at the mill, he and Carol bought a small farm outside Cloquet where they milked cows, raised chickens and the occasional hog. They shared the chores and when Darald was working a shift, Carol and the kids did the farm work. When the opportunity came to farm full time in 1974, the family moved back to Eagle Bend and built up their dairy farm. Farming was truly a family affair, with the entire family pitching in. Darald and Carol milked cows together, morning and night, for almost 25 years. He raised youngstock and farmed his land for many years after selling the milk cows. He loved being in the woods and spent many hours cutting wood in preparation for the winter. Without the twice-daily commitment of the dairy cows, Darald started repairing clocks and was known as the “Tic Toc Doc”. He held a position on the Bertha Township Board for nine years, served a term on the board of the Eagle Bend Produce, and was on various church boards. At age 70, his young neighbors convinced him to take up deer hunting, and he bagged his first deer at age 71. Hunting became an annual event at the farm and much thought went into the placement of deer stands and a hunting strategy. Darald loved. He loved his wife, his children, and grandchildren; he loved his siblings and many nieces and nephews; he loved his friends, his neighbors, and his church; he loved the land; and most of all, he loved to laugh. He found humor in the ordinary and was always ready with a quip and a smart comeback. He was a man of his word, generous with others, and a hard worker. He will be missed. On November 6, 2022, a few weeks shy of his 86th birthday, Darald was returned to health when he joined his family in Heaven. He was preceded in death by his parents, Leon and Gladys, and siblings LaRoy, Lucille, Dorothy, Donald, Gordon, Leilo, Leon, Gerald, Marlene, and Shirley. He is survived by Carol, his wife of almost 64 years, children Becky (Jim) Thibert, Russell Hammond, Peggy (Barry) Rosell, and Julie (Scott) Yorkovich. He was blessed with and deeply enjoyed fourteen grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. A private family burial will be held later in Pleasant Mound Cemetery, Clotho, MN. In lieu of flowers, the family will direct memorials in Darald’s name to local charities or organizations.

Darald Hammond

December 17, 1936 - November 6, 2022