Diana Kaye Stehlik

Diana Kaye Stehlik, 68, of Walnut Grove, passed away  Aug. 21, 2025. She was born Feb. 3, 1957, in Newton, Kan. to Bedonna Hall. She grew up in Blue Eye and spent much of her formative years with her grandparents.
In May of 2000, she married the love of her life. They spent 22 years making memories along with their children and eventually grandchildren.
She was a faithful member of the Walnut Grove First Baptist Church. She loved being crafty and even got to teach her kids and some of her grandkids how to cook, can food, sew, do needlework and even crochet. She was a woman of many talents and she loved to share.
She is survived by her children, Sean Gatewood and wife Terica; Casey Garcia and husband Julian; stepchildren, Dustin Stehlik and wife Taylor, Jessica Jarman and husband Tom, Rebecca Medlin and husband Ben; ten grandchildren; three siblings; nieces, nephews, other family and friends.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Bedonna and Orlind Taylor; and her husband, Rocky Stehlik.
Celebration of life services will be 2 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, at First Baptist Church in Walnut Grove.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be given in Diana’s name to Operation Shoebox and may be left or mailed to the funeral home, Wilson- Griffin Funeral Home, PO BOX 217, Ash Grove, MO 65604 or at https://www.samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/.