Russell, Kansas – Diana Marie (Rome) Waldschmidt, age 70, died Sunday, December 13, 2015, at Hays Medical Center.

She was born July 25,1945, in Hays, Kansas to Wilmer J. and Valeria (Wittman) Rome.

She married Ronald J. Waldschmidt on May 14,1966, at Victoria, Kansas.

She grew up in Victoria and attended Victoria High School. She worked at Duckwalls Department Store in Russell for 15 years and was  a homemaker. She was a member of St. Mary’s Queen of Angels Catholic Church, Russell and the St. Fidelis Christian Mothers Altar Society, Victoria.  She enjoyed spending time with her family, friends and her beloved  pets, Molly, Chloe and Cody.

Survivors include her husband, Ronald J. Waldschmidt, of the home; one daughter, Amy Jenkins and husband, Ron, Kansas City, MO; her father, Wilmer J. Rome and Jeanette Brown, Victoria, KS; one brother, Randy Rome and wife, Julie, Landisville, PA; four sisters, Sherri Windholz and husband, Floyd, Victoria, KS; Dorothy Taylor and husband, Leonard, Rapid City, SD; Donna Lovelady and husband, Stan, Plainville, KS; Betty Hansen and Roger Ferland, Hays, KS.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Valeria Rome, and a brother-in-law, Richard Waldschmidt.

A memorial service is at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, January 30, 2016, at St. Mary’s Queen of Angels Catholic Church Russell, Kansas.  Inurnment will be at St. Ann’s Cemetery  Walker, Kansas.

The family will receive friends from 10:00 to 11:00 A.M. Saturday, at the Church.

Memorials are to the Ronald J. Waldschmidt family.  Cline’s Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas 67601 is in charge of arrangements. Condolences can be sent via email to [email protected].