HERKIMER - Maryette Darling, 86, formerly of 215 Margaret Street, died on Saturday morning, January 15, 2000 in Little Falls Hospital. She was born on May 19, 1913 in Mohawk, daughter of the late Charles G. and Katherine Cary Ranney. A lifelong area resident she was a graduate of Mohawk High School and Oneonta Normal School. On February 21, 1942 she married Marvin S. Darling in Grace Episcopal Church Mohawk, a loving and devoted union of forty-six years until his passing in 1984. As a school teacher she first taught in a one room schoolhouse in Schuyler. For twenty-eight years she taught in area schools, retiring from the Utica School System in 1973. She was a member of the Grace Episcopal Church, Mohawk, where she had served on the church Vestry, a member and Past Matron of Mohawk Chapter #319 Order of the Eastern Star, the Amaranth, Daughters of Founders and Patriots and the New York State Retired Teachers Association. Surviving her are one son, Curtis and his wife Jill Darling of Johnstown; a daughter, Charlotte Flynn of Delmar; two sisters, Allene and her husband Robert Hoover of Statesville, NC, Lucille Kidd of Hudson, FL; five grandchildren, Ryan Flynn of Guam, Alan Flynn of Denver, CO, Megan Flynn of Albany, Molly Flynn of Delmar and Kyle Flynn of Clearwater, FL; several nieces and nephews. Funeral service with Holy Eucharist will be celebrated on Wednesday at 11:30 AM in Grace Episcopal Church, Mohawk, with the Reverend Robert Witt, Rector officiating. Interment will take place in Mohawk Cemetery later this spring. The family will be present to receive relatives and friends in FENNER FUNERAL HOME INC., 115 Court Street, Herkimer on Wednesday 10:00 to 11:00 AM. Memorial donations may be made to the Grace Episcopal Church, Mohawk. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.