Diana McGilvrey Carr, age 66 of East Dubuque, Illinois, died on Monday, December 3, 2018 at her residence.
Diana Lynn McGilvrey was born on February 23, 1952 in Newton, Iowa to Robert and Ellen (Kellogg) McGilvrey. She was raised in Grinnell and graduated from Grinnell High School with the class of 1970. She attended Iowa Valley Community College and graduated with honors.
Diana lived in Grinnell all of her life. She was blessed with four daughters, Tanya, Tara, Tisha, and Ashley and she loved being able to raise her daughters as a homemaker.
The most important things to her were faith and family, especially her grandchildren. Her enjoyments included knitting, baking, dancing, and celebrating the holidays, especially Halloween. She will be remembered for the love of her family, for a having the biggest heart, and for being pure and genuine to others.
Diana is survived by her mother, Ellen (Tom) Ellis of Grinnell; four daughters, Tanya (Rob Weuve) Thompson and Tara (Donnie Doyle) Thompson of Grinnell, Tisha Conn of Iowa City, Iowa, and Ashley Thompson of East Dubuque, Illinois; 18 grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren; and her siblings, Mike McGilvrey of Conroe, Texas, George McGilvrey of Waterloo, Iowa, Deb McGilvrey of Grinnell, and Laura (Dave) VanCompernolle of Grinnell.
Diana was preceded in death by her father, Robert McGilvrey; and maternal and paternal grandparents.
Funeral services at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell. Interment in Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell.
Picture and edited obituary courtesy of Smith Funeral Home, Grinnell, Iowa
Diana Lynn McGilvrey was born on February 23, 1952 in Newton, Iowa to Robert and Ellen (Kellogg) McGilvrey. She was raised in Grinnell and graduated from Grinnell High School with the class of 1970. She attended Iowa Valley Community College and graduated with honors.
Diana lived in Grinnell all of her life. She was blessed with four daughters, Tanya, Tara, Tisha, and Ashley and she loved being able to raise her daughters as a homemaker.
The most important things to her were faith and family, especially her grandchildren. Her enjoyments included knitting, baking, dancing, and celebrating the holidays, especially Halloween. She will be remembered for the love of her family, for a having the biggest heart, and for being pure and genuine to others.
Diana is survived by her mother, Ellen (Tom) Ellis of Grinnell; four daughters, Tanya (Rob Weuve) Thompson and Tara (Donnie Doyle) Thompson of Grinnell, Tisha Conn of Iowa City, Iowa, and Ashley Thompson of East Dubuque, Illinois; 18 grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren; and her siblings, Mike McGilvrey of Conroe, Texas, George McGilvrey of Waterloo, Iowa, Deb McGilvrey of Grinnell, and Laura (Dave) VanCompernolle of Grinnell.
Diana was preceded in death by her father, Robert McGilvrey; and maternal and paternal grandparents.
Funeral services at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell. Interment in Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell.
Picture and edited obituary courtesy of Smith Funeral Home, Grinnell, Iowa
Diana McGilvrey Carr, age 66 of East Dubuque, Illinois, died on Monday, December 3, 2018 at her residence.
Diana Lynn McGilvrey was born on February 23, 1952 in Newton, Iowa to Robert and Ellen (Kellogg) McGilvrey. She was raised in Grinnell and graduated from Grinnell High School with the class of 1970. She attended Iowa Valley Community College and graduated with honors.
Diana lived in Grinnell all of her life. She was blessed with four daughters, Tanya, Tara, Tisha, and Ashley and she loved being able to raise her daughters as a homemaker.
The most important things to her were faith and family, especially her grandchildren. Her enjoyments included knitting, baking, dancing, and celebrating the holidays, especially Halloween. She will be remembered for the love of her family, for a having the biggest heart, and for being pure and genuine to others.
Diana is survived by her mother, Ellen (Tom) Ellis of Grinnell; four daughters, Tanya (Rob Weuve) Thompson and Tara (Donnie Doyle) Thompson of Grinnell, Tisha Conn of Iowa City, Iowa, and Ashley Thompson of East Dubuque, Illinois; 18 grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren; and her siblings, Mike McGilvrey of Conroe, Texas, George McGilvrey of Waterloo, Iowa, Deb McGilvrey of Grinnell, and Laura (Dave) VanCompernolle of Grinnell.
Diana was preceded in death by her father, Robert McGilvrey; and maternal and paternal grandparents.
Funeral services at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell. Interment in Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell.
Picture and edited obituary courtesy of Smith Funeral Home, Grinnell, Iowa
Diana Lynn McGilvrey was born on February 23, 1952 in Newton, Iowa to Robert and Ellen (Kellogg) McGilvrey. She was raised in Grinnell and graduated from Grinnell High School with the class of 1970. She attended Iowa Valley Community College and graduated with honors.
Diana lived in Grinnell all of her life. She was blessed with four daughters, Tanya, Tara, Tisha, and Ashley and she loved being able to raise her daughters as a homemaker.
The most important things to her were faith and family, especially her grandchildren. Her enjoyments included knitting, baking, dancing, and celebrating the holidays, especially Halloween. She will be remembered for the love of her family, for a having the biggest heart, and for being pure and genuine to others.
Diana is survived by her mother, Ellen (Tom) Ellis of Grinnell; four daughters, Tanya (Rob Weuve) Thompson and Tara (Donnie Doyle) Thompson of Grinnell, Tisha Conn of Iowa City, Iowa, and Ashley Thompson of East Dubuque, Illinois; 18 grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren; and her siblings, Mike McGilvrey of Conroe, Texas, George McGilvrey of Waterloo, Iowa, Deb McGilvrey of Grinnell, and Laura (Dave) VanCompernolle of Grinnell.
Diana was preceded in death by her father, Robert McGilvrey; and maternal and paternal grandparents.
Funeral services at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell. Interment in Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell.
Picture and edited obituary courtesy of Smith Funeral Home, Grinnell, Iowa
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