Born July 21, 1943, at Armour, S.D., daughter of Francis Frost Diamond Christensen of Mitchell, S.D., and the late Thomas Diamond, she was a homemaker and member of Dexter Church of Christ.
On Feb. 14, 1998, in Dexter, she married Michael D. Howard who survives of the home.
Other survivors include: one son, Gerald K. Mosley of Wichita, Kan.; two daughters, Sherri C. Craft of Malden and Shelly L. Cawhorn of Lilbourn; two brothers, Tom Diamond of Mitchell and Jerry Diamond of Oacoma, S.D.; two sisters, Geraldine Van Thyne of Mitchell and Vicky Jacobson of Los Lunas, N.M.; one half brother, Curtis Christensen of Mitchell; and four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. Monday at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter where services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Dale Grissom will officiate.
Burial will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield.
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