Dianne Stevens Blan Guthrie, 84, of Owensboro, passed away Monday, May 1, 2023 at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. She was born February 1, 1939 in Santa Maria, California to the late Paul and Adelle Stevens, moved to Kentucky in 1945, and then to Owensboro in 1949. Dianne graduated from Owensboro High School in 1957, and retired in 2018 after 59 years of bookkeeping. Through the years she worked at Texas Gas, Orbit Gas, Bamberger & Abshier Attorneys and their subsidiaries, and also part time at Bacon’s/Famous Barr department store. She was a member of Owensboro Christian Church and enjoyed bowling for over 50 years, bunco, canasta, crossword puzzles, trivia, quiz shows, U.K. Basketball and spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Charles A. Blan in 1976 and Eddie D. Guthrie in 1986; her stepson, Doug Guthrie, step-daughter, Bonita Frantz; in-laws, Charles I. Blan and Margaret Elizabeth Blan, Donald Blan, Brenda Blan and Harry DeLozier; her brother, Ralph W. Stephens; and twin sister Donna DeLozier.
Survivors include two daughters, Michelle “Mickey” and Greg Hunter and Charlotte and Barry Harley; 5 grandchildren; 6 step-grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren; 5 step-great grandchildren; one great great granddaughter; a sister-in-law, Carole Stevens; and several nieces and nephews and great nieces and great nephews.
Services will be 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 4, 2023 at James H Davis Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Owensboro Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy to the Senior Community Center, 1650 W Second St, Owensboro, Ky 42301.