Darlene Downing Overdorf

July 27, 1935 – March 10, 2025

Darlene Downing Overdorf, 89, Cicero, passed away on Monday, March 10, 2025, at The Waters of Tipton. Darlene was born in Elwood on July 27, 1935, to Samuel Garver and Jessie (Jordan) Downing. She married Walter Clyde “Walt” Overdorf on June 5, 1953, and they were married for 69 years until his passing on October 20, 2022.

Darlene had worked in Food Service for the Hamilton Heights School Corporation. She was a graduate of Windfall High School in the Class of 1953. Darlene was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Tipton and served as a Deacon and also sang in the choir. She was a member of the Helping Hands Extension Homemakers and enjoyed reading, crocheting, and doing word-search puzzles.

Survivors include her three children, Jill Overdorf Leach, Cicero, Bradley Overdorf, Noblesville, and Wade Overdorf and wife Rhonda of Cicero; seven grandchildren, Beth Overdorf Cline, John Leach, Allen Overdorf, Stephen Overdorf, Joe Overdorf, Elizabeth Ann Davis, and Rachel Netherton; as well as several great-grandchildren.

Darlene’s funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 14 at the First Presbyterian Church in Tipton with Pastor Phil Votaw presiding. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, Tipton. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Friday at the Church.

Young-Nichols Funeral Home is honored to assist the Overdorf family in their time of need. Condolences for the family may be left on Darlene’s obituary page at young-nichols.com.

Memorial donations in honor of Darlene should be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 200 W. Jefferson St., Tipton, IN 46072.

Darlene’s family would like to thank the staff at Miller’s Merry Manor/The Waters of Tipton for the excellent care they provided her over the last several years.