Diana Marie Gladden Ramaeker, 51, of Mountain Grove, died Monday, June 4, 2012, at her residence following a long illness.
She was born March 19, 1961, in Houston, daughter of William E. and Vera M. Hanson Gladden. She and Larry Ramaeker were married July 10, 1982, in Houston.
She grew up and attended school in Houston and graduated from Houston High School in 1979. She attended the Central Methodist College for three years.
She and her husband made their home and raised their daughter on a dairy farm they owned and operated for 30 years near Mountain Grove.
She was a longtime member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Mountain Grove.
Survivors include her husband, Larry; a daughter, Kirby of Nixa; her parents, William and Vera Gladden of Houston; two brothers, Ed and Andrew Gladden; two sisters, Suzanne McChesney and Linda Gladden; and many nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Services were Friday, June 8, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Mountain Grove. Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery in Mountain Grove.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to Hospice Compassus.
