Diane Rose (Roling) Tigges- formerly of Earlville

Diane Rose (Roling) Tigges, age 70, passed away on March 18, 2025, at UW Hospitals, in Madison, WI,
surrounded by loving family and friends, after a courageous battle with lung cancer. Rosary will start at 8:00 a.m.
with Visitation to follow from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 5, 2025, at Clifton-Murdoch Funeral Home
and Cremation Service in Earlville. Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11:00 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic
Church in Earlville with the Reverend Philip Agyei officiating. Burial will take place at St. Joseph Catholic
Cemetery.
Diane was born on September 16, 1954, to LaVerne and Dorothy (Francois) Roling in Manchester, IA, the oldest
of eight children. Diane grew up in Earlville, attending St Joseph’s Catholic school and graduated in 1972 from
Beckman High School in Dyersville. She spent her younger years helping in the family grocery store, babysitting,
and helping with her younger siblings. After high school, Diane went straight to work for different companies
before beginning her 40+ year career at CUNA Mutual. There, Diane worked for ten years as an executive
secretary. In 1991, Diane received a promotion to the Executive Secretary for the Eastern Region of the Plan
America program. In this role, Diane helped her boss, Wayne Benson, open up Plan American District offices
throughout the Eastern half of the U.S. In 1993, Diane was promoted to Administrative Manager for the SE
Marketing Division in Atlanta, GA. Here, she was part of the leadership team of the top Marketing Division for
the company for almost 10 years. In the mid-2000s, she moved back to Madison where she ultimately supported
CUNA Credit Union, now Summit Credit Union. Diane’s dedication to her work, caring, commitment, and
professionalism were attributes that earned her the respect from anyone that she led or interacted with. In her free
time, Diane enjoyed golfing, shopping, watching the Badgers, and, most of all, the beach! Diane loved to have her
toes in the sand, her face in the sun, and a drink in her hand! Diane was a very thoughtful and caring person who
often bought little gifts or cards for the people she cared about. Her attention to detail made her a natural at
planning parties and vacations.
Left to remember Diane are her six siblings: Duane (Deb) Roling of Dyersville, Dan (Diane) Roling of Cedar
Rapids, Deb (Keith) Hunt of Earlville, Darlene Hass (Mark Anderson) of Van Horne, Dawn Roling and Doug
(Angie) Roling, all of Cedar Rapids, 18 nieces and nephews, 39 great-nieces and nephews, special aunt Lori
Prantner, and life-long best friend Marian Hayes, and well as an extended family of aunts, uncles and cousins
She is preceded in death by her parents, sister in infancy, Denise Frances Roling, great-niece Laina Roling, her
grandparents: Clarence and Ida Francois and Theodore and Frances Roling as well as many aunts and uncles.
Diane’s family would like to thank her friends who provided loving care for her as she battled cancer: Marian
Hayes, Lori Prantner, Tricia Chrisler, Susan Arthur, and Cheryl Moe-Erickson and the doctors and staff of UW
Hospitals.
Memorials in Diane’s memory may be directed to the family or to Beckman Catholic High School in Dyersville
and St. Joseph Catholic Church in Earlville.
Please share a memory of Diane at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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