Dianna Lynne Richards-Collins
February 19, 1941 - May 28, 2025
Dianna Lynne Richards-Collins Obituary
Ottumwa, Iowa - OTTUMWA-Dianna Lynne Collins, 84, of Ottumwa, died at 1:25 a.m. May 28, 2025 at Ottumwa Regional Health Center.
She was born February 19, 1941 in Ottumwa to John William and Ellen Louise Rogers Richards.
She married John Richard Moore and they later divorced.
She married Richard "Dick" Collins December 4, 1992 and he preceded her in death May 22, 2002. A 1959 graduate of Ottumwa High School, Dianna attended Parsons College. She was an artist and an author, hand painting color pictures and publishing a Harlequin romance novel. Dianna was a realtor, and lived in Colorado for several years before returning to Ottumwa, working as a ward clerk at Ottumwa Regional Health Center for over 10 years.
Dianna enjoyed researching family genealogy, and she was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Surviving are her children, Greg Dean, Brenda and Beth Ann; 4 grandchildren; and her brother, John "J.R." (Janet) Richards of Ottumwa.
She was preceded in death by her parents. Her body has been cremated and services are not planned.
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Ottumwa, Iowa - OTTUMWA-Dianna Lynne Collins, 84, of Ottumwa, died at 1:25 a.m. May 28, 2025 at Ottumwa Regional Health Center.
She was born February 19, 1941 in Ottumwa to John William and Ellen Louise Rogers Richards.
She married John Richard Moore and they later divorced.
She married Richard "Dick" Collins December 4, 19
Published on May 29, 2025
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