Dianna "Dee" Garrow

Dianna “Dee” Lee Garrow, 68, of Waukon died Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at Northgate Care Center, Waukon. Memorial Service was held Saturday, March 24 at Our Savior Lutheran Church, Lansing with Rev. Laura Gentry as the officiant.

Dianna Lee was born March 14, 1950 to Henry and Agnes (Sheriff) Knickerbocker in Iowa City. She graduated from Lansing High School.

Dianna was united in marriage with Frank Garrow; they later divorced. She worked for Northern Engraving in Lansing. Dee looked after her sister Roxanne’s children as her own. When those nieces and nephews had children, she loved them like a grandmother. She enjoyed sewing, doing puzzles, camping and fishing. Dee had a wonderful sense of humor and loved to joke with everyone.

Dee is survived by her nieces and nephews, LaVern (Kim) Timmerman Jr., Frank (Nicole Blank) Garrow Jr., Brenda (Rick) Harper, Jermy (Melissa) Jone, Walter (Chris) Ellefson, Barbara (Mark) Fore, Michael (Becky) Bailey, Mary Rose Hoehne, Sherry Christoffer and Ann Christoffer; many grand-nieces and grand-nephews; her sister, Lois (Gene) Scott, her half-sister, Mary Christoffer; and her half-brother, Robert Ellefson. Dee was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Agnes; her half-brother, Louis Ellefson; and her half-sister, Lilly May Ellefson.

Thornburg-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Lansing assisted the family with arrangements.