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Diana Lee "Cookie" Conn, née McIntire, 92, died October 14, 2021, joining our Dad, Harold Matthew "Budd" Conn, who died in 1967.
Diana was born in Wellsville, Ohio in 1929, one of 10 McIntire kids, and she loved her family dearly.
She lived in the same house in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, for more than 60 years, where she worked to single-handedly raise six "good kids."
One of Mom's greatest accomplishments was to turn out six college-educated kids. She loved sports, especially football, and enjoyed hollering at the Cleveland Browns on Sundays.
Mom loved crystals and filled her windows with brilliant color, reflecting her vivacious personality.
Diana was a good bowler, competing in 1969 in the Firestone Tournament of Champions alongside Dick Weber. She continued bowling in her 80s with her kids, picking up splits we could only dream of.
A black-haired, blue-eyed beauty, Diana believed in always putting her best foot forward.
Among our favorite memories are family gatherings when Mom's siblings and our cousins got together. The men watched football, while the six McIntire girls gathered at the kitchen table, talking and laughing until they howled.
What we wouldn't give to have everyone around the kitchen table again.
Diana was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Matthew "Budd" Conn; daughter Susan Joan Conn; parents, Margaret D. and Morgen O. McIntire; sister Rebecca Brisbin; and brothers Victor McIntire and Morgan "Junior" McIntire.
She leaves her heartbroken sons, Harold M. "Budd" Conn, Jeffrey O. Conn (Catherine Serafin) and Gerald B. Conn (Karen Lawhorn-Conn); and daughters Becky L. Conn Shephard, Jennifer L. Conn and Cynthia D. Conn; siblings Patricia Price, Alice "Smooth" Donaldson, Susan Brisbin, John McIntire, King McIntire and Nancy Ayers, along with many beloved grandchildren and great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
To Share a Memory, Send a Condolence, or Light a Candle, visit the Tribute Wall at www.billowfuneralhomes.com. (Billow FALLS Chapel)
11/2/21