Betty Diezi, of Dowagiac

Published 10:25 am Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Dec. 15, 1921 — Jan. 22, 2017

Betty E. Diezi, 95, of Dowagiac, passed away Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, at home.

A celebration of life service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, at Clark Chapel, 405 Center St., Dowagiac, with Pastor Stacy Wilder officiating. Friends may visit with the family from 10:30 a.m. until the time of the service.

Betty Diezi

Memorials may be made to the Cass County Council on Aging. Those wishing to sign Betty’s memory book online may do so at clarkch.com.

Betty was born Dec. 15, 1921, in Cleveland, to Fred and Ida (Holmstrom) Pearson.

On Aug. 10, 1941, she married Donald Diezi in Monteno, Illinois. They moved from Chicago to Dowagiac in 1945.

Betty had an amazing talent and love for dancing. In her younger years she performed professionally with her sister, Virginia, as a chorus girl and acrobat. Betty spent many years raising a variety of animals on their Yaw Street farm, she enjoyed taking care of her family and being a stay-at-home mom. In their early retirement years, she and Donald spent winters in Florida, enjoying fun times with friends, golfing and fishing.

Betty’s greatest joy was her family: daughter Donna (Frank) Pisarsky of Berrien Springs; granddaughters Jamie (Jason) Spenner of Berrien Springs, Jodie Walker of Three Rivers and Julie (Kevin) Mack of Jones; five great-granddaughters; and three great-grandsons.

Betty was preceded in death by her husband; sister, Virginia Palmquist; and grandson, Joseph Robinson.