Diana Kay Harris

Growing up in Kansas City and Tonganoxie, Diana had the quintessential life of an American teenager in the 1950s; she was a car hop at a rootbeer stand in Tonganoxie, won a “Short-Shorts” contest as a teen, danced The Stroll on American Bandstand, met Paul Anka of the hit song “Diana” who kissed her cheek and was helped out of a limousine at a school dance by Kookie Burns.

She also lived in Arizona, California and Ohio.

Diana was retired from a career as a letter-carrier with the United States Postal Service where she met the love of her life, Terry Harris. She was fond of saying she had one daughter (Sherry) and nine sons-her own three boys (Marvin, Shane and Cord), her husband’s five sons (David, Bill, Bob, Rodney and Allen) and one the couple adopted (Victor).

Diana possessed the biggest heart and was the most generous person you’d ever meet. She always had candy and snacks on hand. Nobody would go hungry on her watch. Lest we forget she was incredibly sassy and feisty-she was a thirty-four year survivor of thyroid cancer.

Diana is predeceased by her beloved husband Terry, brother George Thompson and sister Marylou Sullivan.

She is survived by her daughter, Sherry Lockwood (Mike), her sons, Marvin Fletcher, Shane Fletcher (Jamey), Cord Fletcher (Heather), nine grandchildren, Audrey Lockwood, Owen Lockwood and William Lockwood, Jonathan Fletcher (Melissa),Taylor Fletcher, Meghan Fletcher, and Seth Fletcher, Rhys O’Donnell (Patrick) and Corbin Fletcher, as well as two great-grandchildren, Madison and Mason, her brother Al Thompson, sisters Debbie Cole, Connie Thompson and Gail Taylor. She also leaves behind her special friend Bruce Taylor.

She will be greatly missed.

A visitation for Diana will be held Tuesday, July 5, 2022 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM at Chapel Hill - Butler Funeral Home, 701 North 94th Street, Kansas City, KS 66112, followed by a service from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.chapelhill-butler.com for the Harris family.