Diane M. Willems, 63, of Lancaster, Pa., passed away on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012. She was married to Robert J. Willems (St. Joseph High School, Class of 1964) on May 22, 1971 over 41 years. Born in Kenosha, Wis., she was the daughter of the late Matt and Hazel Quirk Bain.

She was a graduate with high honors from St. Joseph High School, Class of 1967 in Kenosha where she was a member of the National Honor Society. She then graduated from Kenosha Technical Institute in 1968 as a Medical Assistant. She then worked for Drs. Welsh, Davis and Wilson  and  later for Dr. Kobro  at Town  and  Country  Animal Hospital,  where  she frequently assisted in surgery.

Diane had grown up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin and loved the horses and cattle. Because of this, she thoroughly loved Lancaster  County with its many farms, silos, barns and cattle. She enjoyed  seeing  the  Amish  farmers  working  in the  fields  with  teams  of horses  because  her father knew how to hitch a team and drive it. She also loved Amish quilts and cooking.

They had also lived in Kennebunk, Maine, Brentwood, Tenn., Kansas City, Kans., Sugar Land, Tex., and Omaha, Nebr.

Diane  attended  Civil  War  reenactments  with  her  husband  and  toured  historic  homes  and plantations in Texas, Nebraska, Tennessee and Kansas.

In addition  to her husband,  she is survived  by her brothers,  Roger  Bain of Akron, Ohio and

Allen Bain of Dallas, Tex.; and by her sister, Marlene Pierce of Phoenix, Ariz.