Rosalee Ethel (Clark) Diamond
Born July 21, 1939, to Lee and Ethel (York) Clark in Hannibal, Rosalee attended Hannibal Elementary and then Hannibal High School till her senior year when her parents moved the family to Owen Withee where she graduated in 1957. At age 14 while attending a wedding she met Arnold Diamond (a boy from Donald) they danced every dance, dated for three years then married on June 15, 1957. They established a family of 6 children on their farm halfway between Hannibal and Donald where they enjoyed 65 years and 8 days.
Rosalee graduated from Taylor County Teachers’ College in 1969 teaching in the Donald, Hannibal, Jump River, and Gilman Elementary classrooms for 30 years. Years of joy were spent being members of the Western Whirlers’ Square Dance Club, traveling, camping, playing Pinochle, and polka dancing with family and friends. Rosalee was an active member of the New Hope Presbyterian Church. Surrounded by her girls Rosalee passed peacefully on Nov. 5, 2026.
As Rosalee is finding great peace in seeing those
1939-2026
she has missed who proceeded her in death, husband, Arnold; her parents, Lee and Ethel Clark; infant son, Scott; brother, Ken Clark; sister, Susan Andrew; in-laws, Jack and Ruth Diamond; sons-in-law, Galan Lechleitner, Steven Endle, Terry Nemitz; grandchildren, Daniel Lechleitner, and Sara Budtke; and great-grandchild, Chloe Albers. The peace will be felt in the hearts of those surviving, her children, Nancy Lechleitner, of Sheldon, Joyce Endle, of Tomah, Carol (Ed) Moon, of Chetek, Helen (Larry) Blasel, of Medford, and Rosalee (Duane) Taylor, of Stetsonville; sister, Joyce Orth; 21 grandchildren; 44 great-grandchildren; and 8 great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers, Timothy Lechleitner, Shanna Endle, James Moon, Matthew Nemitz and Kristen Kauer Arnold and Rosalee built a life together, faced hardships together, shared love together, and will be honored together at the New Hope Presbyterian Church (W14520 CTH M, Gilman, WI 54433) Hannibal on Nov. 21, 2026 Visitation 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Service to start at 1 p.m. with burial and fellowship to follow till 4 p.m. In Lieu of monetary gifts the family would find great joy in a donation made to a charity of your choice. If you wish to have flowers or plants sent; local business, Balloon and Floral Design, Dawn Romig 715-314-0177 is doing the arrangements for the family. The family wishes to extend a thank you to Hope Hospice of Medford.
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