It's been four months since you passed and we miss you more than ever. Jim is there with you now  so the two of you can be together in heaven. You were a great Mom and Granny. we loved you and Papaw very much.

Dear Jim,
There is something I have wanted to tell you for a long time, how much I appreciate what you did for me in the early years that I worked at GE.  I just never had the chance until now.
I started working there September 30, 1969, four weeks before the long strike.  Then 1970, a few weeks after coming back from the long strike, and I had been at GE for about nine months when I was assigned to the south line, center section upstairs, you was unit manager.  The forman took a dislike to me right away and was determined to fire me any way he could...
 When they saw on my record that I had worked downstairs 4 weeks  before the strike  they thought I had a little experience  but the truth is I was never left on any one job long enough to learn how to do it..  I had never done anything like working on an assembly line before I came to GE...  I was scared, nervous, all thumbs and 2 left feet, I was never left on anyone job long enough to learn how to do it.  If I had any self confidence before it was destroyed by my GE experience.  I was sure that anytime I looked up and a Forman would be coming toward me, I was sure he would say we do not need you here anymore and   to show me the door.  But instead it was to pull me off the job I was beginning to learn and take me to another job where I was needed to start learning again. I might have stayed on that job 30 minutes, usually less and away we go.  This cycle went on for the entire 4 weeks.  The only Ã¢â‚¬Å“experience Ã¢â‚¬Å“ I had was sweeping which didn't help where the assembly line was concerned.
For the first few weeks on the South Line I would be loaned out every day.  Suddenly I would be kept in the section, mostly sweeping.  Than he would put me on a job and for the least excuse he would take me off the job and sayÃ¢â‚¬Â well, you can't do this jobÃ¢â‚¬Â and I would sweep the rest of the day
For example, One day I was putting a screw in the ground wire in the back of the refrigerator.  I did this job for a couple of hours when the bit fell off.  I did not know what to do and there was no one to help me.  I did not realize that all I had to do was pick up the bit, put it back it and it was good as new.  I thought the bit was broken and there was no one there to tell me the difference.So, Here comes the foreman with someone to take my place all the while yelling that I was filling up the dead line and   for all to hearÃ¢â‚¬Â that this is another job that I could not do.  What did he mean, I couldn't do it.  I had been doing the job for 2 hours.
 I was told that every day, at lunchtime the foramen would be in the office and he would be telling everyone how I could not do anything and he would get me fired, one way or the other..
Finally one day, you told him to shut up and as long as Hoss was doing the job he was doing I would not be fired or words to that effect. It was about this time that I was assigned to a regular job and I had no more problems with the forman.
This may not be the right time to bring this up but I feel that there may not be another opportunity.
I want to thank you.  After all these years you may have forgotten this incident but believe me I haven't.  From time to time Hoss and I will say, Remember Jim Ising, I wonder where he is or how he is doing, things like that.  And   I think of you, with an overwhelming sense of gratitude.  You didn't have to but you took up for me when I couldn't take up for myself.   There are not many people that will do things like that.  You could have just looked the other way, as so many other people would have done. This was a true test of character.  My heart is full and there is so much I want to say   and it is hard to put into words but I will always appreciate you and what you did for me.  You are a good man.

I never got to meet Diana but you looked so happy together, I know how great you loss is.May God be with you and comfort you in your loss.
Liz Owen

Jimmy, the pictures of you and Diana are so good.  It shows that you cared for her very much.  I especially liked the one of you, Diana, Teddy and his girlfriend.  Sorry I could not make it to the funeral but I don't drive that far these days, and Jim was busy with one of our grandsons and football this weekend.  Hope to see you in the near future.  Love, your cousin, Joan Sauer

Jim, we are sorry for your loss. Our thoughts are with you. Hoss and Liz Owen, Building 5

Jim, we are sorry for your loss, our thoughts and prayers are with you,

I am very sorry for your loss. I worked with Diana in building 1 at G.E. for years. She was a very sweet person and a great co-worker. I have not seen her for years but I have thought of her often. We created some neat memories while we worked. God Bless!!!

so sorry to hear this! she was well liked in Bldg 1 at GE  before she retired RIP Diana!   your former co-workers !

Jimmy and Larissa,
My thoughts and prayers are with you during your time of sorrow.

Hi Larissa,

I am so sorry about your mom.  My father and her mother were brother (Cliff) and sister.  God Bless you and your family.  

Sincerely,
Marilyn Mullinix Barker

God bless you all!  I'm Diana's cousin, Denise Mullinix Brooks.  We were
very close as children.  I spent tons of weekends with my Aunt Ernie, Diana's Mom.  We were 10 years old and drinking coffee when we would
visit them usually every Sunday afternoon.  My Dad, loved his sister and
her children.  Diana was a few months older than me.  However, we loved
to play together and we would walk, talk and hang out.  As we aged we grew apart.  She had her baby girl, Larissa in December 1970 I believe and I had my son David in January 1971.  After David was born, Diana
brought her lovely daughter to meet her cousin at my Mom's house where
we stayed.  We were both amazed how much we had grown into young women with a child now.  Years later, I saw her again and learned she married my New husband, Sonny Brooks, best friend Jim Ising.  What a 
small world.  Several years later, I had to call her to let her know my Sonny
passed away, the year 2002.  We said we would get together again for a real long visit!  Time passes by so fast and I've missed out of being able to
tell her how much she meant to me and I have so many wonderful memories of our young life together.  May you all find peace knowing Diana is in heaven with our dear heavenly father.  "For the righteous will never be moved; she will be remembered for ever."  Psalms 112:6
Denise Brooks

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Diana L. Ising

8 octubre, 1951 – 9 noviembre, 2011

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