November 24, 2008
Darolyn Irvin, wife of a former editor of Alliance Life magazine, Dr. Maurice Irvin, died November 18, 2008. Darolyn was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and was a member of First Alliance Church there. She graduated in 1951 from the Missionary Training Institute (now Nyack College), was married that year to Dr. Irvin and served with her husband in C&MA churches in Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, California, New York, and Pennsylvania.
When Dr. Irvin became editor of Alliance Life (alife) magazine in 1983, the couple moved first to Nyack, then to Colorado Springs, Colorado, with the national headquarters move. The Irvins left Colorado in 1996to serve in short-term, interim pastorates in New Jersey, New York, Kentucky, Indiana, Connecticut, and Ohio. When Darolyn’s health began to fail, the Irvins moved to their home in Lexington,.
Darolyn is survived by her husband and two daughters, Rebecca Irvin of Geneva, Switzerland, and Leeann Irvin of Valley Cottage, New York, and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sons, Daniel Warren and Timothy Brian.