Diane Lynn Dallape

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Diane Lynn Dallape, 58, 155 N. Hankins Road, Harrisburg, died 2:52 p.m. Saturday, April 3, 2010, at Western Baptist Hospital.

She was born on Sept. 6, 1951, to the late Joel T. Lewis and Dorothy Lewis of Stonefort.

Mrs. Dallape was a graduate of Southeastern Illinois College Nursing School. She enjoyed a longstanding career as a registered nurse with Harrisburg Medical Center's Mulberry Unit.

She is survived by her loving husband of 35 years, Roger Dallape; daughter and son-in-law, Carla and Jason Hill of San Diego, Calif.; son and daughter-in-law, Johnny and Debbie Dallape of Marion; grandchildren, Lucas Hill, Kyle Hill, Logan Dallape and Dawson Dallape; three brothers, Richard and Joel Dennis Lewis of Stonefort and Jerry Lewis of Washington; and mother-in-law, Johnie Mae Dallape of Eldorado.

Diane was a lifelong Christian and member of Bankston Fork Church on Old Route 13 in Harrisburg. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at Bankston Fork Church where friends may also visit from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, 2010. The Rev. Alan Monroe will officiate. Burial will be at Bankston Fork Cemetery.

For those who wish, donations may be made in lieu of flowers to the Bankston Fork Church building fund.

Absher-Nicholson Funeral Home in Carrier Mills is in charge of the arrangements.