ik Thune and Sarah Salyards of the Twin Cities, a great-grandson, Ethan Ruff of Hastings and many nieces and nephews whom she dearly loved. She was preceded in death by her parents, he husband, brothers, Gordon and Kenneth Hilke, two sons, Richard and Michael, a daughter Patricia Freiheit, two grandsons, Jesse and Kyle Thune and most recently by her faithful companion lab Inki. Services to remember Darlene will be 11 a.m. Monday, September 17, 2018 at Hoff Funeral Service in St. Charles with Chaplain Carol Shaffer of Seasons Hospice. Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. Sunday and 10 - 11 a.m. Monday at Hoff Funeral Service. Please share a memory of Darlene at her online guestbook and view her video tribute when it becomes available at www.hofffuneral.com. In lieu of flowers, memorials may directed to Mayo Hospice.