Diane G. Mitchell

Graveside Service for Diane G. Mitchell will be held at 2:00 pm on Monday, March 17, 2025, at Terry County Memorial Cemetery, with Rev. Steve Carter officiating. Visitation will be held from 10:00 am until 1:30 pm, prior to the graveside service at Brownfield Funeral Home.

Diane G. Mitchell, 87, passed away peacefully with family by her side on March 10, 2025, at the Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, Kansas. She was born June 1, 1937, in Vernon, Texas, the daughter of Howard Cermit and Ola Kate (Rains) Green.

Diane graduated from Levelland High School, class of 1955, and began her career in the banking industry with the First National Bank of Levelland, Texas. She married James Edwin Mitchell on April 18, 1957. The family relocated to Brownfield, Texas, in 1967, where Diane continued her tenure with the First National Bank, retiring in 1998 after 31 years in the industry. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, the National Association of Banking Women, and The Red Skirts.

Those left to cherish her memory include her children- Jan (Manuel) Carrasco of Brownfield, Texas, Kay (Bob) Riedl of Lakin, Kansas. Her brother Jim (Jeanie) Green of Dallas, Texas; grandchildren- Carlen (Laurie) Collins, Ella Murph, and Danny Carrasco; great-grandchildren- Kamryn Murph, Bridget Murph, Bentley Collins, and Austin Collins.

Diane is preceded in death by her parents, husband- Jim Mitchell, and sister- Carolyn Baker.

A Funeral Service was held at 10:30 am on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at Garnand Funeral Home in Lakin, Kansas.

The family suggests memorials to the High Plains Retirement Village in care of Garnand Funeral Home, P.O. Box 91, Lakin, Kansas 67860.