Diane Sittler Hattery was born Feb. 16, 1939, in rural northern Indiana to Bob and Pauline Parker Sittler. She was the valedictorian of her graduating class at Beaver Dam High School and went on to graduate with honors, majoring in both Spanish and English from Indiana University. She married her high school sweetheart, Bob Hattery, on June 18, 1961. She taught high school Spanish for many years, and even after she retired she volunteered as a tutor with low-income and marginalized students. She loved teaching. In the mid-1970s she began volunteering with Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity and served in several capacities including as the treasurer for many years. She volunteered with the Missionaries of Charity in the U.S. and around the world, including in Calcutta, India and Haiti. She had a passion for improving the lives of those who were given fewer opportunities than she. She died peaceful in her home, on March 2, 2017, surrounded by family and friends who loved her, in the care of the amazing hospice nurses from Casa de La Luz and the nursing staff at La Rosa Assisted Living. She is survived by her husband of nearly 56 years, her two children Angela (married Earl Smith) and Mike; four grandchildren, Travis, Emma, Logan and Jack; a grandson-in-law, Porter; as well as her brother, Dick Sittler, his wife Linda, their three children Tammy, Michelle and Amy, their spouses and their children. She was loved and she will be deeply missed. ***** Memorials in her name to an issue and organization she cared deeply about and supported for many years, Emerge, Center Against Domestic Abuse in Tucson, Ariz., http://www.emergecenter.org
