Peggy Dianna Adams Mahnken

She was united in marriage to Patrick Cecil Mahnken in Fulton on October 3, 1958.

Dianna graduated with the South Callaway Class of 1958. She was a member of the Gold Leaf Club and enjoyed traveling. She found great pleasure in the outdoors and loved raising her ducks and chickens. She had a great passion for Temari, Japanese embroidered hand balls. Her biggest pleasure came from spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.

She is survived by her husband of fifty-two years; three sons, Patrick Mahnken Jr. and wife Stephanie of Fulton, Jeffery Mahnken and wife Sherrie of Central, SC, and Curtis Mahnken and wife Rhonda of Auxvasse; one daughter, Tammy Rifkin and husband Joel of Northridge, Ca.; one brother, Paul D. Adams of Hams Prairie; and two sisters, Paula Mae Adams of Gardner, Ks. and Jaunita Mulvey of Boulder, Co.; fourteen grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren and another on the way.

A memorial service will be held at 2 pm on Friday, July 22 at Debo Funeral Home in Fulton. The family will receive friends from 1 until the time of service. In lieu of customary memorials, the family suggests memorials be made in Dianna’s name to the American Heart Association, c/o Debo Funeral Home, PO Box 818, Fulton, MO 65251.