Diana Ball Obituary

Diana Rosalie Ball, 71, of Eagle, Idaho, passed away on January 2, 2007. A Funeral Mass will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 211 East 1st Street in Emmet, Idaho at 2:00pm on Friday, January 5, 2007. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Diana's name to the American Cancer Society and/or the American Lung Association. Graveside services will be held at Star Cemetery. Services under the direction of Potter Funeral Chapel Emmett. Born on July 7, 1935, Diana grew up in the small town of Lindsay, California, where she grew up with and then later married Jon Lawrence Ball in 1957. They then moved to Lancaster, California, where they raised five children and lived most of their adult lives. Diana lived a life devoted to her Catholic faith, serving in Catholic Daughters of America, The Altar and Rosary Society, several prayer lines, and Religious Education, just to name a few. Diana also took an active part in her children's education, worked with the PTA, typed dittos and sewed costumes for school projects and activities. A giving person who laughed easily, she was dearly loved by all who knew her. Diana is preceded in death by Jon Lawrence Ball – her husband of 32 years, and son Jon Andrew Ball, who died in 1990 at the age of 22. Diana leaves behind her only sibling, John Bruno and four remaining children, Marcy Warnack, Rebecca Ball, Margaret Pinto, and Michael Ball. In addition to her five children, Diana has seven grandchildren: Benjamin and Christopher Warnack, Zechariah and Elize Pinto, Felicia Butler, and Kayla and Austin Ball and two great-grandchildren: Jeffrey Butler, Jr. and Richard Cole Warnack.