Darlene was born July 2, 1934, at Helena, Mont., the daughter of James McKenzie and Ethel Nottingham and the adopted daughter of George and Mary Esther Wright of Mandan. Raised and educated in Mandan, she graduated from Mandan High School in 1952. On Sept. 17, 1954, she married John Francis Jacobson of Mandan. He died May 5, 1957. On May 30, 1969, she was united in marriage to Frank A. Hatzenbihler. He died July 6, 1991.