Diana Jean Peppersack

Diana J. Peppersack, age 55, of Nelson, died on Thursday, July 31, 2025, at Bethany on the Lake in Alexandria.

Mass of Christian Burial is 11 a.m., Saturday, August 9, 2025, at St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Belle River with Fr. Matthew Kuhn presiding. Interment will take place at the church cemetery.

The visitation is one hour prior to the service.

Diana Jean was born on October 27, 1969, to Frank and Katherine (Pitzl) Peppersack in Marshall. She grew up on the family farm near Milroy where she attended elementary school. Her family moved to Miltona in 1979, and Diana attended middle school and high school in Alexandria. She was united in marriage to Brad Peery and lived in Long Prairie where they were blessed with two sons, Eric and Kevin. This union ended in divorce in 1991, and Diana moved to Alexandria and in 2016, moved to Nelson with her partner, Dustin. Diana was a hard worker. On the farm, she picked rocks and baled hay. She also worked at Hardees and was a waitress at Lloyds Café and Country Kitchen for many years. Diana worked at Donnelly Custom Manufacturing Co. for 18 years. She then cleaned until her cancer diagnosis. Cleaning was her favorite job of them all. She loved the outdoors, fishing, camping, mowing, and gardening, especially viewing the beauty of her flowers. Diana enjoyed crafts, sewing blankets, making bracelets, dream catchers, diamond art, and painting by number. She liked to help in the garage, watch wrestling and football, eat ice cream, and especially loved spending time with her sons, grandchildren, family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her father, Frank on May 22, 2025.

Diana is survived by her two sons, Eric (Nicole) Peery of Kensington and Kevin (Nattiel) Peery of Alexandria; significant other, Dustin Uhden of Nelson; mother, Katherine Peppersack of Parkers Prairie; two brothers, Alan (Darcy) Peppersack of Parkers Prairie and David (Stephanie) Peppersack of Miltona; four sisters, Leah Clark of St. Michael, Maria (Steve) Haugen of Osakis, Patti (Randy) Twardowski of Eagle Bend, and Gini Velde of Salem, Oregon; eight grandchildren, Everett, Brayden, Ensley, Nora, Jase, Trystan, Blaise, and Marley; godson, Andrew Velde; along with numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

Urnbearers are Eric Peery, Kevin Peery, Andrew Velde and Dustin Uhden.