Ramona Lee (Betts) Diedrich

Ramona Lee (Betts) Diedrich age 50 of Moline, Illinois left us on Monday, June 18, 2018 for her eternal tropical paradise. A funeral service will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 23, 2018 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Preston, Iowa. Private burial will take place in Miles Cemetery, Miles, Iowa at a later date. A visitation will be held from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m., Friday, June 22, 2018 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Preston. Memorials that are given will be distributed between Ramona’s favorite charities.

Ramona was born September 25, 1967 in Clinton, Iowa the daughter of James Betts. Ramona married Thom Diedrich, the love of her life on May 23, 1998 at Assumption Catholic Church. Ramona and Thom celebrated 20 years of marriage.

Ramona and Thom loved to travel especially anywhere warm and welcomed family and friends to join them, sometimes as many as 40 would meet up on the beaches of Hawaii, Dominican Republic, Bahamas or their favorite place, Jamaica. On several trips Ramona and Thom brought school supplies to a small mountain school in Jamaica and when they visited, they where greeted by the children with music, songs, and big smiles.

Ramona will be lovingly remembered by her soulmate, Thom; fur children, Oliver and Mikey; brothers, Dr Richard (Jeff) Betts, Stephan Betts, Aaron (Lindsey) Betts; nieces and nephews, Trevor, Abbigail, Tate, Chandler, Kyle, Maddie, Braxton and Kason; and many great nieces and nephews. She will always be Aunt Momo or Ja Mona. She was welcomed to heaven by her dad, James (Jonsey) Betts and grandmother Myrtle Betts and Allene Morgan. Ramona was the glue that held the Betts family together, always taking care of everyone else first.