Structure Division Mourns Darrell D. Gresham, 58

OCTOBER 14—Darrell D. Gresham, a Structure Maintainer B (Mason) with only five months on the job, died of natural causes at home on October 6th, reported Division Vice Chair Billy Taaffe. Brother Gresham worked out of the 14th Street shop assigned to ICC Capital Construction.

Brother Gresham came to transit late in life, after working in the construction trades for most of his life. Nina Davis, who had two children with Brother Gresham, says she has many family members who work for New York City Transit and that she pushed hard for him to join the transit workforce.

One of their children, Gresham’s daughter Dominique, who is a 911 Police Communications Technician, said her father was very excited to work for transit, and that he was especially impressed with the 14th Street location. “He would say he worked underground, and he kept on talking about how big [the facility] was and how excited he was about working there.”

Ms. Davis said that their other child, Darrell Jr., was murdered at the age of 18 in 2009, and that his father will join him in interment at the Pinelawn Memorial Park cemetery in Farmingdale. Besides Dominique, Brother Gresham is survived by three other children—Dartay, 35; Taquan, 33 and Sheilaya, 23.

A viewing will take place for Brother Gresham at the Lawrence H. Woodward Funeral Home, located at 1 Troy Avenue in Brooklyn on Friday, October 17th at 2 PM. A funeral service will be held at the same location on Saturday, October 18th, 9:30 AM.