Darrel L. Carr, 77, passed away June 27, 2008. He was born May 28, 1931, in Cloverdale, and graduated from Napa High School.

Darrel served in the U.S. Navy onboard the ship U.S.S. Astoria in 1948.

In March 1960, Darrel became a bus driver for Napa Valley Transit. Napa Transit Company was engaged in the transportation of farm labor from El Centro, to and from various places within the realm of northern California. In September of 1960 he was placed in charge of the El Centro facility. His duties were supervising in maintenance of 42 buses in the operation, hiring and dispatching of their crew of some 60 drivers, and developing all the various movements. The farm labor program in southern California was stopped in 1965.

Darrel came to work in the main facility in Napa. He worked as maintenance supervisor in charge of all repairs to the fleet of five or six city buses, 25 school buses, and 12 to 16 charter buses. Napa Transit later became All West Tours.

In 1976 he went to work for Vaca Valley Bus Lines in Fairfield. Vaca Valley Bus Lines later became Frontier Tours. He was shop supervisor there as well. He retired from the tour bus industry in 1996. After retirement he worked as a security guard.

He enjoyed working in his yard along with his wife, Rosella. They were married April 17, 1976. They took cruises through the Caribbean, Alaska, the Panama Canal, Mexico and Hawaii. They traveled the coast and enjoyed going to Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley.

He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Rosella of Napa; children, Darlene Burtle (Richard) of Nebraska, David Carr of Nebraska and Darrell Carr (Angela) of Texas; stepchildren, Lynda Mulczynski of Napa and Larry Nichols (Donna) of Oregon; grandchildren, Brian, Amanda and Tony Burtle of Nebraska, Misty Carr of Nebraska, and Dalton and Jacob Carr of Texas; stepgrandchildren, Matt Mulczynski of Napa, Jessica Nichols of Alabama and Sam Nichols of Oregon; and great-grandchild, Carlton Burtle-Jensen. He is also survived by his sisters, Barbara Regan of Ojai, Naurine Harper of Sacramento and Shirley Bickford of Bellflower; as well as numerous nieces and nephews in Scotts Valley, Ojai, Sacramento, Napa, Long Beach and in Silverdale, Wash.

He is preceded in death by his parents, James “Floyd” Carr and Gladys Carr; brothers, Clifford and Floyd Carr; and sister, Betty Larghi.

Family and friends are invited to attend a funeral service on Thursday, July 3, at 10 a.m., at Tulocay Cemetery Chapel, at 411 Coombsville Road, Napa.