Diana M. Clouse

Diana M. Clouse nee Skillman, 79, died Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, at Belle Reve Health Center in Milford, Pa. Mrs. Clouse, daughter of the late William and Evelyn (Lanterman) Skillman was born in Allentown, Pa., on January 9, 1935. She has resided in Sussex and Wantage for most of her life.

Mrs. Clouse was a bank teller for 42 years, retiring from Bank of New York Wantage Office in 1994. She graduated from Sussex High School class of 1952 and was a long-time member of the Sussex Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary.

Mrs. Clouse was predeceased by two brothers, William and Jerry Skillman and is survived by her husband of 61 years, Herman “Hipe” Clouse; children, Pamela Rome and her husband, Marty, of Beemerville, N.J., and Dale Clouse and his wife, Susan, of Dallas, Pa.; grandson, Andrew W. Clouse of Pittsburgh, Pa.; sister, Linda Oksen of Jackson, N.J., and a brother Charles F. Skillman of California.

A memorial service will be held Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, at 5 p.m. at Ferguson Funeral Home 27 Third St. Sussex, N.J. Cremation will be private. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from 3-5 p.m. for a memorial visitation prior to the service. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Sussex Fire Dept. Ladies Auxiliary 25 Loomis Ave. Sussex, NJ 07461 or Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice 99 Sparta Ave. Newton, NJ 07860. For directions and online condolences please see www.fergusonfuneralhomesnj.com.