Diane Damaris (nee Adsit) Margosian entered her heavenly home on April 21.
Diane was born on February 18, 1936, to Gertrude Koehn and Harold Adist. She grew up on a farm in East Troy, Wisconsin, surrounded by a large extended family.
She met her husband, George, at Whitewater. They married in 1957 and were together 63 years when he died in July of 2020. The two of them deeply relished their children, grandchildren, and later their great grandchildren. They took pride in their home and yard.
Diane was a first- grade teacher for 37 years. At age 5, Diane had decided that she wanted to become a teacher. She taught in South Milwaukee prior to the births of her daughters. She later taught at Janes School and then Wind Point School. She was beloved by her students and their families. Diane delighted in seeing her students in the community over the years. Even in her early eighties, Diane would relate that she missed teaching.
Diane appreciated her family, neighbors, teaching community, and church community. They gave her joy and a keen sense of belonging throughout her life.
Diane was fun-loving and creative. She enjoyed gardening and her flowerpots, loved playing the piano, sewed beautifully, and created bedtime stories to delight her grandchildren.
Diane leaves her daughters Lisa Margosian and Denise Preuss, sons-in-laws Frederick Ehlert and Art Preuss, grandchildren Ashley Spencer, Matthew Preuss, Anke Ehlert and Karl Ehlert, and four great grandchildren, Aiden Myers and Zachary, Madison, and Connor Preuss along with siblings, cousins, nieces, and nephews.
Funeral Service for Diane will be held at United Lutheran Church, 3825 Erie Street on Friday, April 24, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. Private interment will take place in Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Relatives and friends may meet with the family at the church on Friday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of services. In lieu of flowers, we ask that memorials go to United Lutheran Church and/or the St. Monica’s Memory Care unit.
The family would like to thank the amazing staff at St. Monica’s Memory Care for the compassion and care that they provided in Diane’s last year of her life.