Diane Alvine Thompson

      Diane Alvine Thompson, 66, entered into eternal life on August 30, 2007 in Plano, Texas. Born August 16, 1941 in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, to Wilma LuVerne (Patterson) and Maurice Knute Alvine, she was the oldest of four children. Diane grew up in the Bethel Church community and married John N. Thompson, her high school sweetheart.

      During their lives together, Diane and John Thompson lived in four different states, including Ainsworth and Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; Buena Vista, Lexington, and Virginia Beach, Virginia; Conway, Arkansas; and Plano, Texas.

      A high school basketball player and 1959 graduate of Ainsworth High School, Diane studied accounting at Dabney Lancaster Community College and enjoyed a long career in managing accounts for several businesses, including the Alumni Association of Virginia Military Institute and Kappa Alpha Order both in Lexington, VA. She was most recently employed by Petro Chemical Transport in Addison, Texas, as payroll accountant.