Dianne Munt

Dianne (Hendershott) Munt, age 88, of Holland, MI. passed away at home on September 20, 2022. She is survived by Dick, her husband of 48 years, her brother Kent Rathbun of Royal Oak, her brother-in-law, Joseph Hill, of San Diego, a niece, nephew, and several cousins. Her parents, Helen and Larry Rathbun, preceded her in death. Dianne was born in Mt. Pleasant, MI where she lived until WW II and then she and her whole family followed her father on multiple short term postings before he shipped overseas. The family reunited after the war and moved to Birmingham, MI. Dianne then graduated from Muskingum College in New Concord, OH, majoring in secondary education and, in particular, health and physical education. While in school, she spent several summers counseling at girls' camps in Michigan. After college, she taught in Alpena and Grand Rapids before settling down in Ann Arbor, MI, teaching middle school. She obtained a Master's degree in Counseling at Michigan State University and became an assistant principal in the Ann Arbor school system. That earned her a sabbatical leave to further her professional education. While studying various western school systems, plus doing a lot of serious skiing, she found her future husband, Dick, rescued him from the California desert where he was working (for the Navy, no less) and took him back home to Ann Arbor. Dianne and Dick shared many recreational activities together, most notably sailing and skiing, spending many happy times sailing their sailboat on the Great Lakes and skiing the Rockies, most notably in Big Sky, MT. They continued these activities into Dianne's eighties. Their sailboat, a 37 foot yawl rig, was truly home and, in fact, a home that they owned for longer than any other, over 30 years. Both were avid runners for many years, but eventually took up bicycling instead. She and Dick had several long distance bike vacations in the US and Canada, as well as a role in creating a couple of bike clubs in the Frankfort, MI area and organizing the bicycling activity at Freedom Village, Holland, MI, their last home. There will be private family burial service in Pilgrim Home Cemetery. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at First United Methodist Church, 57 West 10th St. Holland, MI 49423, followed by lunch and a joyous celebration of Dianne's life among us. Memorial contributions in Dianne’s honor may be given to the American Heart Association at www.heart.org or 7272 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX 75231. For more information, please visit www.langelandsterenberg.com.

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Dianne Munt

April 7, 1934 - September 20, 2022