Diane Martin

Diane Lee Martin age 79 of New Hampton died Sunday, December 19, 2010, at the Cedar Health Care Center in Charles City. Memorial services will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 7, 2011, at the Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall, New Hampton with Mike Booth presiding. Inurnment will be in Sunnyside Memory Gardens, Charles City. Friends may greet the family an hour prior to the service at the Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdon Hall in New Hampton. Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home, New Hampton is in charge of arrangements. Diane Lee Martin was born September 20, 1931, in New Hampton, the daughter of Jess and Betty (Stevens) Martin. She received her education in Nashua. She enjoyed traveling to places including New York, California, Texas and Washington D.C., where she participated in Special Olympics, receiving several medals of which she was very proud. Diane enjoyed bowling and won trophies in Waterloo and Des Moines tournaments. In her later years she was the Wii bowling champion and the New Hampton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Diane also enjoyed activities at the New Hampton at the New Hampton Senior Center, playing solitaire on the computer and visiting with friends. She was loved by many for her cheerful smile and out-going personality. Diane was a member of the congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She had developed a strong faith in God’s promise of a new world to come, where pain and disability will be thing of the past. Diane faithfully shared this message with others. Survivors include her sister, Dorothy Watzke of Willmar, MN; four nephews and two nieces. She was preceded in death by her parents.