Darel was a Facebook friend and a very sweet man. Very sad about this. May he rest in peace.
The obit is a bit misleading in that it makes it sound like he played Patrick opposite Stritch as Mame. Stritch played Mame in a stock tour, but she was Vera in the company in which she and Darel appeared together. Janet Blair was Mame in that company. He also played Patrick in the bus-and-truck, opposite Sheila Smith as Mame, and in a stock tour, opposite Edie Adams as Mame.
