Lucille May (Messamer) DIDDY

DIDDY, MESSAMER, TOMSEN, COLVARD, SERGILE, BLOMQUIST, CUNNINGHAM, MITCHELL, PRICE, ROBINSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/28/2009 at 09:43:44

April 10, 1915 -- February 23, 2004

Lucille May Messamer Diddy, 88, died February 23, 2004 at home. She is survived by her husband, Lovell Diddy of Ridge Manor, FL; a son, Gary Diddy and his wife, Janet of Arvada, CO; a daughter, Kathleen Tomsen and her husband, Farol of Gainesville, FL; five grandchildren, Sara Diddy Colvard and her husband, John of Cumming, GA, Hugh Diddy of San Francisco, CA, Farol L. Tomson of Chicago, IL, Elizabeth Tomson Sergile and her husband, Alain of Alpharetta, GA, and Eric Tomson of Boston, MA; four great-grandchildren, Jake and Chloe Colvard of Cumming, GA, and Tessa and Sebastien Sergile of Alpharetta, GA; two brothers, Phillip of Adel, IA, and Charles of Indianapolis, IN; two sisters, Jessie Blomquist of Stuart, IA, and Mary Cunningham of Perry, IA.

She was born April 10, 1915 to T.R. and Beulah Messamer in Barnum, Minnesota. She graduated in 1932 from Osceola High School in Osceola, Iowa and in 1934 completed a two-year teaching degree at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas. She taught country school near Adel, Iowa until her marriage to Lovell Diddy on August 17, 1937. In 1954, she returned to teaching and taught the fifth grade at Meservey (Iowa) Consolidated School and later taught social studies in high school and was the school librarian. She completed her B.A. degree at Drake University in 1956. She was preceded in death by her parents; three brother, Lawrence, Maurice and Theodore, Jr; three sisters, Fay Mitchell, Hazel Price and Lois Robinson; and three infant siblings. Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Florida;

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March 2, 2004
Belmond Independent, Iowa

Lucille Messamer Diddy, 88, of Ridge Manor, Florida, died on Monday, February 23, 2004, at her home in Ridge Manor, Florida. A remembrance was held on Saturday, February 28, at the Whispering Oaks Country Club in Ridge Manor.

Lucille was born on April 10, 1915 in Barnum, Minnesota to T. R. and Beulah Messamer. She graduated from the Osceola (Iowa) High School and earned a two-year teaching degree at McPherson College in Kansas. Then she taught school near Adel, Iowa. She married Lovell Diddy on August 17, 1937. In 1954 she returned to teaching and taught fifth grade and later high school social studies and was the school Librarian at Meservey. She completed her BA at Drake in 1956.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Lawrence, Maurice and Theodore, Jr.; sisters, Fay Mitchell, Hazel Price and Lois Robinson; and three infant siblings. She is survived by her husband; son, Gary (Janet) Diddy of Arvada, Colorado; daughter, Kathleen (Farol) Tomson of Gainesville, Florida; grandchildren, Sara Diddy (John) Colvard of Cumming, Georgia, Hugh Diddy of San Francisco, Farol L. Tomson of Chicago, Elizabeth Tomson (Alain) Sergile of Alpharetta, Georgia and Eric Tomson of Boston; great-grandchildren, Jake and Chloe Colvard of Cumming and Tessa and Sebastien Sergile of Alpharetta; brothers, Phillip of Adel and Charles of Indianapolis; sisters, Jessie Blomquist of Stuart and Mary Cunningham of Perry.