Diane Marie Sudbeck

HARTINGTON — Diane Marie Sudbeck, 67, Hartington, died June 10, 2018, at the Hartington Care and Rehabilitation Center. She is the daughter of Vernon Sudbeck. Visitation with the family will be on Wednesday, from 5-7 p.m., with a Vigil Service at 6 p.m., at the Wintz Funeral Home in Hartington. Visitation continues one hour prior to services on Thursday. Mass of Christian Burial will be June 14, at 10:30 a.m., at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Hartington, with the Rev. Owen Korte officiating. Burial of her cremated remains will be at St. Michael’s Cemetery, Hartington. Diane Marie Sudbeck was born Jan. 17, 1951, in Yankton, S.D., to Vernon Herman and Bonnie Louise (Jaeger) Sudbeck. Diane graduated from Cedar Catholic High School, Hartington, in 1969. She then attended the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, where she received her nursing degree. Diane started her nursing career at Sacred Heart Hospital, Yankton, then moved on to Sturgis, S.D., for a short period of time. She then joined the Traveling Nursing Corps, where she accepted assignments in California, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, Virginia and Maryland, working at Walter Reeds Army Hospital and the National Institute of Health. Diane then went to Jerusalem, Israel, where for the next 16 years she worked in the critical care unit at Hadassah Medical Center. Throughout her stay in Jerusalem, she went with a missionary group to Poland and Russia where they helped the poor with food, clothing and medical needs. Diane resumed her travelling work while in Omaha, and then moved back to Hartington in 2005, living on the home place. She began helping Vernon care for her mother, Bonnie, at that time. Diane also helped with the area aging group while in Hartington. Diane is survived by her father, Vernon Sudbeck, Hartington; sister, Karen and husband, Ed Scodoris, Hartington; brother, David Sudbeck, Charleston, W,Va.; uncle, Ralph (Darlene) Jaeger, Sioux City, Iowa; aunt-in-law, Alice Klug; cousins, John Jaeger, Maria Wheeler, Joan Lammers, and Carla Ausgustine. She was preceded in death by her mother, Bonnie Sudbeck, July 3, 2010; a sister, Brenda Bottolfsen; nephews, Joshua Bottolfsen and Jeffrey Vandermark; niece, Julie Vandermark; uncle, Bill Jaeger; and uncle and aunt, Lajoy and Elly Sudbeck.