Diane Lucille Kratzer, 69, of Dwight, KS, passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at Newman Memorial Hospital in Emporia, KS. A visitation will be held 2-4 p.m. Sunday, March 27, 2022 at the Johnson Funeral Home 203 N. Washington Street in Junction City, KS. Cremation will follow the visitation. Diane was born February 22, 1953, in Pottstown, PA the daughter of Alvin and Eva (Dengler) Freese. Diane graduated from Boyertown Senior High School with the class of 1971. She moved to Dwight, KS in 1987. Diane was a homemaker taking care of her home and family. She loved caring and raising her dogs. She married Jerry J. Kratzer August 14, 1971. Jerry and Diane celebrated their fifty years of marriage last year. Survivors include her husband Jerry of the home in Dwight, KS; one son, Jeff Kratzer and his wife Mary of Dwight, KS; one daughter, Brenda Dulaney and her husband Jonathan of Junction City, KS; six grandchildren, Jake, Kaylee, Aaron, Amber, Jeffrey Jr. and Elizabeth; nine great-grandchildren, Landon, Grayson, Jace, Emmalynn, Cecil, Ryder, Bexleigh, Corbin and Emelie; one brother, Rusty Freese; two sisters, Virginia Keene and Linda Schaeffer. She was preceded in death by her parents.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Diane Lucille Kratzer, 69, of Dwight, KS, passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at Newman Memorial Hospital in Emporia, KS. A visitation will be held 2-4 p.m. Sunday, March 27, 2022 at the Johnson Funeral Home 203 N. Washington Street in Junction City, KS. Cremation will follow the visitation. Diane was born February 22, 1953, in Pottstown, PA the daughter of Alvin and Eva (Dengler) Freese. Diane graduated from Boyertown Senior High School with the class of 1971. She moved to Dwight, KS in 1987. Diane was a homemaker taking care of her home and family. She loved caring and raising her dogs. She married Jerry J. Kratzer August 14, 1971. Jerry and Diane celebrated their fifty years of marriage last year. Survivors include her husband Jerry of the home in Dwight, KS; one son, Jeff Kratzer and his wife Mary of Dwight, KS; one daughter, Brenda Dulaney and her husband Jonathan of Junction City, KS; six grandchildren, Jake, Kaylee, Aaron, Amber, Jeffrey Jr. and Elizabeth; nine great-grandchildren, Landon, Grayson, Jace, Emmalynn, Cecil, Ryder, Bexleigh, Corbin and Emelie; one brother, Rusty Freese; two sisters, Virginia Keene and Linda Schaeffer. She was preceded in death by her parents.&nbsp;&nbsp;