Herbert E. Darling III, 19, son of Herbert E. Darling Jr. and Lucy (Coco) Darling of Londonderry, passed away Saturday, December 23, 2006 from injuries sustained in a fall. Herbert proudly attended the Londonderry School System and was a 2005 Honors graduate of Londonderry High School. He was the Student Representative to the School Board for two years, a member of the National Honor Society and Math Honor Society, Varsity Swim Team, Varsity Track Team, and the Rockingham Area Swim Team as well as on the Prom Committee for three years. He also volunteered at the Londonderry Access Center.
Herbert was a sophomore this past year in the Honors Program at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA, where he has been studying International Business. In February 2006, he had been accepted into the prestigious Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television in Los Angeles, CA. Loyola’s film school is regarded as one of the top five film schools in the country. He was pursuing double degrees in Film Production and International Business. He was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
Herbert will be sadly missed by his parents, Herb and Lucy, his aunt, Betty Jean Callahan and her partner, David Bellorado, great aunts Eleanor and Josephine Gueli, Freda Gueli, Millie Gueli, Grace Alakel, Nancy Cannata, and aunts Debbie Lenza, Ellen Carlisle, Rose McGrath, Patti and Tanti Darling and Pat Milley, his uncles, Michael Darling, Mark Darling, Patrick Darling, Michael Carlisle, Nick Milley, his great uncles Michael Gueli, George Alakel and Nello Cannata, his cousins Jay Lenza, Eamonn and Ben Carlisle, Caitlin, Matthew, Meaghan, Michael, Sean, Harrison and Madison Darling, Grant Stevens, Michael, Linda, Gina, Frank, Tricia, Matthew, Vanessa and Kevin Gueli, John Alakel, Tracy Sapareto, and her children, Frankie and Justin Sapareto, Christa and Nicholas Milley, Linda Latimer, Neil Cannata, several cousins, and many friends.
He was predeceased by his paternal grandparents Herbert E. and Joan D. Darling and his maternal grandparents William A. and Margaret T. Coco.
Visiting hours were held from 4-8pm Thursday, December 28th, 2006 in the Peabody Funeral Homes and Crematorium, 290 Mammoth Road, Londonderry. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 1:30pm Friday at St. Jude Parish, 435 Mammoth Rd., Londonderry, with cremation following. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Herbert Darling Memorial Fund, Loyola Marymount University, One Loyola Marymount University Dr., Suite 2800, Los Angeles, CA 90045.