Lancaster, Diane 1951-2022

LANCASTER, VANNATTA

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 4/5/2022 at 17:56:33

Diane (Vannatta) Lancaster, 70, of Le Mars, Iowa passed away on Monday, March 21st, 2022 at her home in Le Mars, Iowa.

Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 28, 2022 at Rexwinkel Funeral Home in Le Mars.  Reverend Dr. Michel Lundula of the United Methodist Church of Le Mars will officiate.  Burial will follow in Resthaven Memory Gardens in Le Mars.  Visitation with the family present will be from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 27, 2022 at Rexwinkel Funeral Home in Le Mars.  There will be a Prayer Service at 5:00 p.m.  Visitation will resume from 9:30 a.m. until service time on Monday at the funeral home.  Arrangements are with the Rexwinkel Funeral Home in  Le Mars, Iowa. 

Diane Marie Vannatta was born on December 29th, 1951 in Cherokee, Iowa to Darrel and Delores Vannatta.  The family later moved to Le Mars, Iowa in 1953 where Diane graduated from Le Mars Community High School in 1970.

Diane was united in marriage to her high school sweetheart, Bruce Lancaster, in 1972. The couple would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this year.  Diane attended University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota and later returned to college to finish her collegiate career at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa with a degree in Biology in 1998.

Professionally, Diane worked as a Medical Technologist at Mercy Medical in Sioux City, Iowa for 30 years.  In her younger years, she worked at Aalfs Manufacturing.

Diane had a flair for arts and crafts. She loved to sew, crochet, knit, and craft.  Since her early childhood, Diane enjoyed summers at the family vacation spot on Lake Kabetogama, Minnesota where her father taught her to waterski.  Later in life, she enjoyed traveling within and outside of the United States. Normally a very reserved person, Diane would gush about her favorite memory during a trip to Paris, France to see the “champagne bubbles” light effect on the Eiffel Tower at night.

Survivors left to cherish her memory include her husband Bruce Lancaster of Le Mars, Iowa; her son Bryk Lancaster of Florida, and her daughters Kyja Johnson of Iowa and Kyri Van Voorst of Arizona; five grandchildren, Alice Valentine, Graham Lancaster, Connor Lancaster, Mila Johnson, and Jovie Johnson. She is also survived by her brother Dennis (Rita) Vannatta of Iowa.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Darrel and Delores Vannatta, and her father and mother-in-law, Robert and Lois Lancaster.