Darol A. Noss age 79 of Belle Fourche, died Monday March 5th, 2007 at the Fort Meade VA Medical Center.

The funeral service will be held 10:30 am Friday at the Funeral Home of the Northern Hills in Belle Fourche with Rev. Paul Howard officiating. Visitation will be 3 to 7 pm Thursday at the Funeral Home of the Northern Hills (new location on National Street), and one hour prior to the service. Interment will be held at the Black Hills National Cemetery.

Darol Alvin Noss was born April 29, 1927 in Blaisdell North Dakota. He was the son of Alvin and Edna (Gandrud) Noss. Darol grew up in the Blaisdell and Stanley North Dakota area and graduated from the Blaisdell High School. During World War II he served his country in the U.S. Army Air Corps. During part of his service he was stationed in West Germany.

Darol was a truck driver for many road construction projects in the Colony and Belle Fourche areas and he worked for Cramer Trucking for several years. In 1968 Darol met Esther Carlson and together they shared a very special love. They were devoted to each other and enjoyed 30 years together, until her death in 1998.

Darol was proud of his Norwegian heritage and his friends knew him as "Norske". He loved his lutefisk and lefse.

Darol is survived by his sons, Danny (Sandra) Noss of Las Vegas NV, Kim Noss of Denver CO; daughter, Tammy (Terry) Unrien of Denver CO; step-daughter, Margaret (Albert) Limpert of Belle Fourche; 7 grandchildren; 7 great grandchildren; sister, Elaine (Jim) Gray of Stanley ND; brother, Jim (Karen) Noss of Grand Forks ND; and also long time best friends, Marvin Stetter and Wanda Haring of Belle Fourche.