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From Buzz Adams 12/29/2021
My Sister Rennie died this morning at her house in Coronado. She had been battling a few illnesses for a couple of years and the latest, Leukemia, proved too much for her. This has been a shock and no one, including her husband Rick, expected this. After the latest surge dies down, there will be a Celebration of Life. It was her wish to have her ashes spread at sea. The picture is of Rennie and her husband Rick Ordione at our last family reunion a couple of years ago.
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James Klein
Buzz, So sad to learn of your sister's passing. Our prayers and thoughts are with you and your family as Rennie begins her new journey. Jim (Klein)
Ann Merrill (Bowman)
So so sorry to hear of Rennie's passing. I am so glad that I was able to reconnect with her the last time I was in Coronado to have lunch with the girls. She and I were buddies the last year of High School. Prayers to her family and husband.
Joanie Campbell (Patton)
Buzz, I am so sorry to hear about Rennie. Please know that I care and that you and the family are in my prayers.
Teddi DiAngelo (Reilly)
Edith “Rennie” Reynolds Darnell
Coronado resident Rennie Darnell passed away peacefully in her home on December 29, 2021.
Rennie was the third child in a large family of six children of Katherine and Commander Alden Adams. Growing up in a Navy family with a father serving in submarines, they moved frequently between Coronado and Groton, Connecticut.
Rennie graduated from Coronado High School in 1966. She had arrived for her senior year from Mystic Connecticut, where she was a varsity cheerleader. She was both a Brownie and Girl Scout in her early years and excelled in art.
After high school, Rennie graduated from San Diego State College. She worked for both the Postal Service in San Diego and the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). During her time with the DMV, Rennie learned to drive big semi rigs and became fluent in Spanish. In 1981, Rennie moved to Sacramento and had a career in transportation planning with the State of California Department of Transportation. As a transportation planner, Rennie worked in the bicycle and rail programs and eventually became the director of Mass Transportation. Rennie liked to spend her free time cycling, skiing, and getting together with friends and family. She had a great love for animals and was a long-time member of both the Sacramento Zoo and the San Diego Zoological Society.
Rennie retired from the State and moved from Sacramento to Coronado when she married her high school boyfriend, John Darnell. John passed away in January 2001. Rennie stayed in Coronado and married Coronado resident Rick Odiorne in a traditional Tahitian ceremony on the island of Mo’orea on March 20, 2013. They lived in Coronado and enjoyed traveling to Hawaii, Mexico, South Africa, and Europe, including boat trips to France and cruise ships in the Mediterranean Sea. They also enjoyed being long-time Coronado Yacht Club members, taking their private boat to Catalina Island and skiing every winter at their cabin in Lake Tahoe.
Rennie is survived by her husband Richard Odiorne and his children Katherine and Scott and their children. She is also survived by her brothers Buzz Adams, Audy Adams and sisters Kathrine Burdick, Christie Hausman, and Lucie Adams and their children and grandchildren.
A celebration of life will be planned for a future date.