Rosalyn ‘Rose’ Mae Diasio was born Monday, October 7, 1935, in Buhler, to Albert Warkentin and Thelma (Froese) Warkentin. She passed away into the arms of her Father in heaven on Saturday, November 5, 2022.
Rose grew up on a farm outside of Buhler, KS, with her Mom and Dad, Albert and Thelma Warkentin, and her older brother, Gene, and younger sister, Betty Joyce. It was a hard life, but a good life. After graduating from Buhler High School, she met and married her first husband, Dick Mills, and together her first son, James Richard, was born. When that marriage dissolved, Rose married her second husband, Robert Diasio, to whom two sons were born, Robert Jr., and David. After that marriage came to an end, she packed up her three boys and moved back to Kansas from Texas. These setbacks did not deter Rose from following her drams. She went to Salt City Business College, worked part-time at the airport, all while raising her three boys. After graduation, Rose landed a job at what is now known as J&J Drainage Products Company, Hutchinson, where she worked 33 years until retiring at the age of 65 in 2000. She was an avid reader of romance novels, but her favorite book was The Bible. Rose also loved watching Nascar and Kansas City Chiefs football games. Most of all, she loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Whenever they would visit, her world would light up. Rose, Mom, and Grammy will be missed greatly, but we will carry on her love, light, and legacy!
She is survived by: her three sons, Jim Mills and Bob Diasio of Hutchinson, and David (Marcia) Diasio of Sterling; grandchildren, Teea (Tony) Wilson, Cody Mills, Ryan Diasio, Colton Mills, and Danielle (Ryan) Mitchell; great-grandchildren (who were the lights of her life), Chauntea Grissom, Lillyona and Cillian Mills, Jaiden and Easton Diasio, Taliyah Wilson, and Rhett and Maddox Mitchell; sister, Betty Joyce (Larry) Krehbiel; sister-in-law, Betty Warkentin; numerous nieces and nephews; and special family friends, Annette Morgan, Kelly Hartley, Sarah Smith, and Brian Fitzgerald.
Rose was preceded in death by: her parents, Albert and Thelma Warkentin; brother, Gene Warkentin; and nephew, Steve Warkentin.
Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, November 12, 2022, at Elliott Mortuary, with the Reverend John Chastain officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery, Hutchinson. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, November 11, 2022, with the family present from 5 to 7 p.m at Elliott Mortuary. The service can be viewed by going to Rose’s obituary on the Elliott Mortuary website and selecting the ‘Click here to view the funeral service’ link.