Diane Irene Holman

Diane Irene Holman, age 50 of Belpre, Ohio formerly of Sabula, Iowa, died on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at the St. Joseph's Hospital in Parkersberg, West Virginia following a short illness. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, August 17, 2007 at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Sabula, with Father Don Plamondon as celebrant. A visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., one hour prior to the funeral mass at the catholic church. Burial will be in the St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery in rural Sabula. A memorial fund has been established in Diane's memory. Diane was born on December 9, 1956 in Savanna, Illinois, the daughter of Wesley and Betty (Horan) Chrest. She graduated from Sabula High School with the class of 1975. She married Steve Holman on March 8, 1974 in the St. Peter's Catholic Church in Sabula. Diane and Steve moved to the Belpre area in 1983 when they were transferred by Dupont. She was a devoted mother who participated in activities to support her children. She was active in the Belpre High School Bank and the PTA. Diane was also a den mother with the Boy Scouts and was a member of the St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Belpre. Diane is survived by her husband, Steve Holman; three children, Marcia Holman of Belpre, Kevin (Mandy) Holman of Little Hocking, Ohio; Jeffrey (Mandy) Holman of Davenport, Iowa; her mother, Betty Kirst of Thomson, Illinois; five brothers, Dean (Connie) Chrest of Preston, Iowa, Dennis (Deb) Chrest of Miles, Iowa, Larry (Sharon) Chrest of Sabula, Iowa, Daryl (Jean King) Chrest of Clinton, Iowa, and Wes Chrest of Clinton; three sisters, Joyce (John) Shryock of Mucatine, Iowa, Janice (Bill) Van Meter of Belvidere, Illinois, and Susan (Steve) Johnson of Clinton; and several
nieces and nephews.