Diann F. Lake
Diann Lake
LAUREL — Diann F. Lake, 76, Laurel, died June 24, 2023, at the Providence Medical Center, Wayne.
Funeral services will be June 28, at 10:30 a.m., at the United Methodist Church, Laurel, with the Rev. Chris Clinchard officiating.
Burial will be at the Laurel cemetery. Pallbearers will be Connor Lake, Mason Lake, Trey Erwin, Ty Erwin, Max Carroll and Chase Carroll.
Visitation was Tuesday, at church, from 5-7:30 p.m. Visitation will continue Wednesday, one hour prior to services. Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz Funeral Home, Laurel.
Diann Frances was born July 12, 1946, in Wayne, to Royal Dale and Frances Harriet (McClary) Dickey. She attended school at Laurel Public Elementary and Laurel High School. After high school she worked at First National Bank, Wayne, for two years before attending Norfolk Beauty College in Norfolk. She then worked in Wayne and Laurel in the beauty field before marrying Michael Lake in 1967. They lived in Atkinson and Coleridge. They had two boys, Chad and Jay. Diann and the boys lived in Lincoln and Syracuse where Diann worked in Savings and Loans, and banks. She returned to Laurel in 1982 and began to run the “Dairy Barn.” She ran that for 10 years before deciding to go back to school since her boys were off to college. Diann graduated as a Registered Nurse from St. Luke’s School of Nursing, Sioux City, Iowa, in 1994. She then worked in Norfolk and Osmond before becoming a traveling nurse. Her nursing career was cut short because of her health. Years later she received a liver transplant at the Med Center in Omaha.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church, its Woman’s Society, and organizations within the church. She was a Sunday school teacher, a Bible school teacher, and Cub Scout den mother. She also served in the community as an Alumni board member on membership and on the Chamber of Commerce as a secretary and president.
Her hobbies were all kinds of crafts, reading and water color painting. Diann especially loved to be with her children and grandchildren and anything in which they participated.
Diann is survived by her two sons, Chad Lake, Laurel, and Jay (Lisa) Lake, Fremont; two grandsons, Connor Jay and Mason Michael Lake, Fremont; three sisters, Mona (William) Schutte, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Ellen (Richard) Erwin, Laurel; and Star (Steven) Smith, Laurel; four nieces; two nephews; and great-nephews and nieces; family and friends.
Diann was preceded in death by her parents, Royal and Frances Dickey; and great-nephew, Clay.