Darrell Levine Skarsten was born March 13, 1940, in Starbuck, Minnesota, to Leonard Irvin and Dora Alvina (Hoff) Skarsten. He was baptized in Swift Falls and confirmed in 1955 at Salem English Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. He spent his childhood in Swift Falls and the family moved to Minneapolis when he was 12. He graduated from West High School in Minneapolis with the Class of 1958. On August 8, 1959, Darrell was united in marriage to Nancy Finman, lived in Minneapolis and then moved to Burnsville in 1964 where they lived until their divorce in 1989. In 1991 he was united in marriage to Donna Campbell at the Little Brown Church in the Vale. They were divorced in 2002. He earned a drafting degree in 1966 and went to work for Gage Tool and Die, as a draftsman. In 1974, Darrell started his own business called Dana Engineering, where he specialized in sheet metal fabrication. In 1984, he expanded into a new state-of-the-art facility and pioneered computer-optimized sheet metal fabrication. He held multiple patents for innovative design and creation of sheet metal components. Darrell was knowledge hungry and did a lot of reading and was proud of the fact he could play Jeopardy with the best of them. He was able to play several musical instruments including the accordion, guitar, and the organ, and loved working crossword puzzles. Darrell was called from this life on December 26, 2011. He attained the age of 71 years, 9 months and 13 days. Darrell is survived by his children: Kim (Kent) Lehmann of Swatara, Cynthia (Dale) Swanson of Swatara, and Brian (Alicia) Skarsten of Stevens Point, WI; eight grandchildren: Jeremy (Rachael) Lehmann, Joshua (Bobby Jo) Lehmann, Rachel Lehmann, Kristin Swanson, April Swanson, Kyle Swanson, Connor Skarsten, and Kayla Skarsten; seven great grandchildren: Preston, Jeremy Jr., Jade, Raven, Gavin, Justin and Caleb; brother: Allan (Sandy) Skarsten of Burnsville; nieces Lisa Burk and Amy Skarsten of Burnsville, and many other relatives and friends.Preceding him in death was his first wife Nancy in 1997, and his parents.