Rita Darlene Diffenauer Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Rita Darlene Diffenauer of Energy, Illinois, born in Olney, Illinois, who passed away at the age of 79, on April 5, 2024. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
She was predeceased by: her sons, Robert Michael Diffenauer, Christopher Todd Diffenauer and Russell John Diffenauer; her parents, Etta Mae Schrader-Pampe (Kinkade) and Russell John Schrader; her in-laws, Harold and Dorothy Diffenauer; and her siblings-in-law, Rebecca Diffenauer (Roxanne Nordike), Bruce Jones, Charles Smith and Steve Stevenson.
She is survived by: her husband Bob of Teresa's Church; her daughter Robyn Lyn Wilson (Grant) of West Frankfort, IL; her grandchildren, Robert Joseph Diffenauer of Walker, MI, Rachel Elizabeth Lark (Travis) of Hudsonville, MI, Daphne Christine Pribble (Tylar) of Herrin, IL and Darlene Marie Johnson (Lincoln) of Rockford, IL; her daughter-in-law Deborah Diffenauer of Hudsonville, MI; her great grandchildren, Eliza Jane Pribble of Herrin, IL, Josie Lyn, Hazel Rae Johnson of Rockford, IL and Terra Maelynn Lark of Hudsonville, MI; her sisters, Retha Smith of Energy, IL and Rebecca Stevenson of Nashville, TN; and her siblings-in-law, Ruth Ann Albers (Doug Nordike) of Beckemeyer, IL, Rosemary Potts (Rita Jones) of Smith Grove, KY and Ronnie Diffenauer of Tucson, AZ..
Memorials may be made to the Second Baptist Church, West Frankfort, IL in care of MOP, Mission on Purpose, to be used for continued mission trips or to Hospice of Southern Illinois.
