Batterson, Diane L. 1969-2004

BATTERSON, MUCHOW, MOELLER

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Volunteer (email)
Date: 4/13/2007 at 15:53:31

LE MARS, Iowa -- Diane L. Batterson, 34, of Le Mars passed away from a pulmonary embolism Monday, Jan. 19, 2004, at a Sioux City hospital.

Services will be 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home in Le Mars. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. Thursday, with the family present at 4 p.m., at the funeral home. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church in Oelwein, Iowa. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Diane Lynn Batterson was born Sept. 18, 1969, in Postville, Iowa, the daughter of Dennis and Jeanne (Moeller) Muchow. During her high school years at Oelwein, she played on the golf team and participated in band and drama. She graduated from Oelwein High School in 1988. She later attended Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, where she earned her bachelor of arts degree in biochemistry, molecular biology and biology.

On Sept. 15, 1990, she and James Batterson were united in marriage at Zion Lutheran Church in Oelwein. They made their home in Oelwein while she finished her college degree. The couple lived for a short time in Ottumwa, Iowa, before moving to Le Mars in 1992. She was the microbiology laboratory supervisor at Wells' Dairy Incorporated.

She served as the co-chairman of Relay for Life for Plymouth County, Iowa and was named the Le Mars Area Chamber of Commerce Boos of the Quarter in 2002. She enjoyed crafting, knitting, gardening and all types of travel. She especially loved to design creative home decor. She was a very organized person who was always present and could handle any situation placed before her.

She will be lovingly remembered by her husband, James of Le Mars; her mother, Jeanne Muchow of Henderson, Nev.; her father, Dennis Muchow of West Union, Iowa; grandmothers, Helen Moeller of Strawberry Point, Iowa, and Ruby Muchow of West Union; mother-in-law, Lilyan Batterson of Oelwein; aunts and uncles, Barb and Terry Phelps of Winfield, Iowa, Pat and Ben Hunsberger of Elgin, Iowa, Jim and Alice Moeller of Stanley, Iowa, Larry and Vicki Moeller of Sacramento, Calif., and JoAnne and Bill Anderson of Montpelier, N.D.; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Laurie (Batterson) and Steven Bunn of Oelwein, Brian and Becky Batterson of Oelwein, Jeffrey Batterson of Denver, Iowa, and Christine (Batterson) and Mark Cheli of Frederick, Md.; nieces, Heather Brown, Kassandra Batterson, Jade Bunn and Catherine Cheli; and nephews, Brandon Batterson, Jackson Brown, Beau Batterson and Joey Cheli.

She was preceded in death by her grandfathers, Guy Muchow and Les Moeller; and her father-in-law, Walter J. Batterson.

[Part of the Darrell Easton Obituary Collection; source: Sioux City Journal]