Diane Fiala

Diane Lucille Fiala, 51, of Clear Lake went to her heavenly home Friday, Feb. 15, 2008 after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
    Funeral services were held Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the Church of Christ, Fertile, Iowa with the Rev. Dennis Ganz, officiating.
    Diane Lucille Fiala was born Sept. 29, 1956 at Offutt Air Force Base, Bellvue, Neb., a daughter of Dean and Beverly (Pitkin) Krieger.  Raised in an Air Force family, Diane was baptized in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1968.
    Diane was a 1975 graduate of Forest City High School, Forest City, Iowa where she was involved in the girl’s glee choir, concert choir, a member of the homecoming royalty court, and was a varsity cheerleader.
    She married Tim Abrams in June 1976 and to this union a son, Alan, was born.  Diane worked at Winnebago Industries, Forest City for 17 years as the word processing supervisor.
    She was united in marriage to Joe Fiala on Aug. 29, 1987 at Estes Park, Colo.  In 1992 she began working with her husband Joe at their business, Fiala Office Products, Mason City, Iowa.
    Diane enjoyed crocheting, playing the piano, and family gatherings at their cabin, on Clear Lake.
    She was a member of the Quaker House Church, Mason City.
    Diane accepted the Lord as her personal Savior at a very young age and her personal relationship with her Lord Jesus Christ was very important to her.  Her greatest desire was to bring honor and glory to God through her life. Diane viewed her illness as an opportunity to witness to others about the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and she knew that he was working through her, to reach others.
    Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Joe Fiala, Clear Lake; a daughter, Jennifer (Shaun) Krachmer, Austin, Minn.; two sons, Alan (Camille) Abrams, Lakeville, Minn., and Lonny Fiala and his friend, Kelly Nelson, Mason City; six grandchildren, Cory, Talon, and Kya, Austin, Minn., Tishan, Bryce, and Tristan, Lakeville; her father, Dean Krieger, Forest City; twin brother, David (Unhui) Krieger, Springfield, Va.; brother, Daryl (Tamera) Krieger, Forest City; a sister, Debra (Timothy) Nelson, Forest City; mother in-law, Gladys Fiala, Mason City; sisters in-law, Marilyn (David) Hegvedt, Austin, Texas, Connie (Dennis) Vanderpol, Urbandale, Iowa, Kathy (Barnie) Clark, Clive, Iowa; brother in-law, Frank (Emily) Fiala; and a large group of nieces and nephews whom she held close to her heart.
    She will be welcomed into heaven by her paternal grandparents, Irvin, Grace and Blanche Krieger; maternal grandparents, Milo and Lucille Pitkin; her mother, Beverly Krieger; father-in-law, Merrill Fiala, and a grandson, William J. Fiala.