To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the South Dakota Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in South Dakota, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 1/7/12 • Approved: 1/7/12 • Last Updated: 8/13/15 • R144982-G144981-S3
Russell "Punk" Mar 20, 1944 -
Diana Oct 10, 1945 - Oct 31, 2008
Married Oct 31, 1964
Children: Anthony, Glen & Andrew
Diana Lee DeWitt was born Oct. 10, 1945 in Sioux Falls, the daughter of Mike and Inez (Broughton) DeWitt. She grew up in Worthing where she attended grade school and graduated from Worthing High School in 1963. On Oct. 31, 1964 she was united in marriage to Russell Henning at the Worthing Congregational Church. They made their home at Worthing until two years ago when they moved to their lake home on Lake Vermillion near Canistota. She had been an administrative assistant at Fairview Insurance, KDLT and S.E. Council of Governments.
Diana was a member of West Prairie Lutheran Church, rural Lennox and the Worthing American Legion Auxiliary. "Disa" loved fishing and camping and spending time near the river. She was preceded in death by one son, Glen, in infancy. Grateful for having shared her life are her husband, Russell; two sons and their wives: Andrew and Tara Henning of Crooks and Tony and Letty Henning of Mt. Olive, North Carolina; four grandchildren: Ashley Gonzales, Alex Gonzales, Aniston Henning and Emme Henning; her parents, Mike and Inez DeWitt of Worthing; one brother, Jeffry DeWitt of Corpus Christi, Texas; one sister: Mabel "Sis" Olson and her husband, Rollin, of Kamuela, Hawaii; her nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends
Photo & research by Gene Hammerstrom
Used with permission
Contributed on 1/7/12 by revilo
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 144982