Dianne Marie Johnson
Friday, August 24, 2007
CASPER -- A private graveside service for Dianne Marie Johnson, 51, will be held Monday August 27, 2007, at Highland Cemetery, following cremation.
She died Aug.19, 2007, at Wyoming Medical Center after recent years of declining health.
She was born Oct. 13, 1955, in Belle Fourche, S.D., the identical twin daughter of Elmer and Anna Sunding. She attended schools in Belle Fourche and after graduation moved to Casper to pursue her career. She graduated from Casper College in 1977 with an associate's degree in nursing and worked many years in the field.
She was a kind and gentle person with a big heart for her family. She loved her special cats "Dinky, Pepper, Ben, Piper, and Babe." She and her husband enjoyed many happy years boating and pursuing their joint love for fishing and travel. She also enjoyed many hours of gardening, growing huge deck tomatoes, cooking and house maintenance.
She was a devoted wife to her soulmate and lifelong love, Paul. He was such a big part of her life, and her heart never recovered after his death in December 2006.
They married in 1984 in Casper, where they lived their lives and raised their family.
Survivors include her children, Rikki Johnson, Phillip Johnson, and Paul Johnson Jr. of Casper, a twin sister, Donna Jean Smith of Casper; sisters, Patty Anderson of Huron, S.D., Fran Thompson of Belle Fourche, S.D., Shari Martin of Casper, and Maggie Maloney of Aladdin; brother, Wayne Sunding of Belle Fourche, S.D., and half-brother Martin Haider of S.D., and numerous loved nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul K. Johnson, M.D., her mother and father, grandmothers and grandfathers.