Obituary - Diane Black

Graveside memorial services with inurnment for Diane Black of Amoret, Missouri will be 10 a.m. Monday, December 1, 2025 at Benjamin Cemetery in Amoret, Missouri. No visitation.  Arrangements under the direction of  the Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel 660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri.   Contributions to Benjamin Cemetery.  Online condolences www.schowengerdtchapel.com.

Virginia Diane Black, age 69 of Amoret, Missouri died Saturday, November 15, 2025 at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri.  She was born November 26, 1955 to Gene John Jackie and Clara Jean Mears Thornton in Kansas City, Missouri.

Diane is survived by one son, Robert Micheal “Mike” Matthews and wife Jody of Nixa, Missouri; one grandson, Hayden Matthews of Nixa, Missouri; mother, Clara “Jean” Thorton of Amoret, Missouri; sister, Renee Phillips of Amoret, Missouri; aunt, Sue Cyrus of Rich Hill, Missouri; and numerous nieces and nephews.  Diane was preceded in death by her father and one brother, Roger Thornton.