Furnas-Dawson County NeArchives Obituaries.....Colson, Diann D. Drake April 18, 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Danny Gruber danny.gruber@yahoo.com July 8, 2010, 5:25 pm Lexington Clipper-Herald April 22, 2009 Diann D. Colson, 57, of Lexington, died Saturday, April 18, 2009, at Tri- County Hospital in Lexington. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. at Reynolds-Love Funeral Chapel in Lexington with Bishop Tom Ward officiating.   Visitation will be held two hours prior to the service Wednesday morning at the funeral home.   Graveside Services will be Friday, April 24, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. at Fairview Cemetery in Hardin, Mont. Survivors include her sons, Shawn (Candace) Colson of Afton, Iowa, Damon Colson and special friend Susie McCoslin of Murphy, Texas; one brother, Dale Drake of Hardin, Mont.; one sister, Dawn (Don) Landis of Lexington; five grandchildren, Jordan, Emma, Darin, Carol and Taylor; special niece, Sunni (Bill) Burton and her family of Lexington, as well as several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews and great-great-nieces and nephews.   Diann was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Dixie.  Diann was born April 25, 1951, at Lewistown, Mont., to Ira and Almira (Warren) Drake. She grew up in Montana and graduated from Hardin High School in Hardin, Mont., with the class of 1969. She then attended Business College in Billings, Mont. Diann was united in marriage to Jerry Colson on April 29, 1972, in Hardin, Montana. Two sons were blessed to this marriage; Shawn and Damon. The marriage later ended in divorce.   In 1972, the family moved to Cambridge where Diann spent 33 years at the Cambridge COOP as their office manager. Her health forced her to retire and she moved to Lexington to be near family in September of 2007.   Diann enjoyed quilting, going to garage sales and watching “Murder She Wrote”; however, her greatest joy in life was being with her family. She will be so missed by all who knew and loved her. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.     File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/furnas/obits/c/colson224gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb