Linda Diane Mills
March 15, 1953 — July 25, 2015
Diane Mills
Linda “Diane” Mills of Eureka, died on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at Via Christi – Saint Francis Hospital, in Wichita, at the age of 62.
She was born on March 15, 1953, in Coffeyville, the daughter of Charles and Wanda (Austin) Lindesmith. She was raised in Tyro, Kansas and attended school at the Ringo school house until 6th grade, Wayside Junior High School, and Caney High School, graduating with the class of 1971. She then attended Neosho County Community College to pursue a degree in nursing.
After graduation she was a travelling nurse and lived in Colorado for a number of years. In the late ‘70’s she moved back to Kansas.
On June 27, 1980, Diane was united in marriage to William Melvin “Bill” Mills, in Miami, Oklahoma. They made their home in Sentinel, Oklahoma. To this union, two children were born. The family later lived in Tyro, and then moved to Eureka, in the late ‘80’s. Bill preceded her in death on September 7, 2014.
She was a member of the Tyro Christian Church.
She is survived by her daughter, Alanna Del Pozzo of Eureka; five grandchildren; mother, Wanda Lindesmith of Tyro; and two sisters, Nancy Allen of Tyro; and Dana Vermeire of Dewey, Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her father, husband, and son, Willy.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, July 30, 2015 at Koup Family Funeral Home, in Eureka, with Pastor Alan Hunter of the Howard Baptist Church officiating. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation hours are set from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M., Wednesday, at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorials be made to Children’s Mercy Hospital. Contributions may be sent in care of Koup Family Funeral Home, P.O. Box 595, Eureka, KS 67045, which was in charge of service arrangements.
Linda “Diane” Mills of Eureka, died on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at Via Christi – Saint Francis Hospital, in Wichita, at the age of 62.
She was born on March 15, 1953, in Coffeyville, the daughter of Charles and Wanda (Austin) Lindesmith. She was raised in Tyro, Kansas and attended school at the Ringo school house until 6th grade, Wayside Junior High School, and Caney High School, graduating with the class of 1971. She then attended Neosho County Community College to pursue a degree in nursing.
After graduation she was a travelling nurse and lived in Colorado for a number of years. In the late ‘70’s she moved back to Kansas.
On June 27, 1980, Diane was united in marriage to William Melvin “Bill” Mills, in Miami, Oklahoma. They made their home in Sentinel, Oklahoma. To this union, two children were born. The family later lived in Tyro, and then moved to Eureka, in the late ‘80’s. Bill preceded her in death on September 7, 2014.
She was a member of the Tyro Christian Church.
She is survived by her daughter, Alanna Del Pozzo of Eureka; five grandchildren; mother, Wanda Lindesmith of Tyro; and two sisters, Nancy Allen of Tyro; and Dana Vermeire of Dewey, Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her father, husband, and son, Willy.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, July 30, 2015 at Koup Family Funeral Home, in Eureka, with Pastor Alan Hunter of the Howard Baptist Church officiating. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation hours are set from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M., Wednesday, at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorials be made to Children’s Mercy Hospital. Contributions may be sent in care of Koup Family Funeral Home, P.O. Box 595, Eureka, KS 67045, which was in charge of service arrangements.
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