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He was born January 18, 1951, in Van Wert, to Andrew L. Darras and Geneva “Jenny” (Decker) Ellis.\u00a0On July 13, 1987, he married the former Helen Campbell. Michael D. Darras, 74, of Van Wert, passed away Thursday afternoon, March 20, 2025, at the OSU Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. He was born January 18, 1951, in Van Wert, to Andrew L. Darras and Geneva “Jenny” (Decker) Ellis.\u00a0On July 13, 1987, he married the former Helen Campbell.\u00a0He retired in 2021 from Schneider National […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-18 13:11:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190969,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190967\/revisions\/190969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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He retired in 2021 from Schneider National after 30 years of service.\u00a0 He had also formerly worked at Teleflex in Van Wert.
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Mike is survived by his wife, Helen Darras of Van Wert; a daughter, Michelle (Keith) Prichard of Ohio City; sons, Brian Mihm of Van Wert and Nick (Tiffany) Mihm of Middle Point; grandchildren, Braxton Mihm and Dancia Taylor, and brothers, Chuck (Nancy) Darras, Robert (Norma) Stuckey and Robert Ellis, all of Van Wert.
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He enjoyed watching baseball, hockey and football on television and followed the Fort Wayne Komets.
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Mike was preceded in death by his parents.
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In keeping with Mike’s wishes, a celebration of life will be held at a later date.<\/strong>
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Online condolences may be expressed at\u00a0www.alspachgearhart.com<\/a>.
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Arrangements have been entrusted to Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home & Crematory, Van Wert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"