Diane L. Inman

Diane Inman, age 69, of Bark River, passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at St. Mary's Hospital in Green Bay, Wisconsin with her loving children by her side.
Diane was born on January 5, 1955 in Chicago, IL, daughter to the late Wesley and Margaret (Meyers) Palmgren. Diane grew up in Bark River and remained a lifelong resident. She was a member of the class of 1973 at Bark River-Harris School.
On May 26, 1973, Diane married her former husband, Charles Inman at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Schaffer, Michigan. They made their home in Germany due to her husband's military assignment and had their first son Jeffery. When they returned to the United States, they welcomed their second son Jason in lower Michigan. While in lower Michigan, Diane taught adult Calligraphy and ceramics at St. Charles School in St. Charles, MI. When she returned to Bark River, she became a member and eventually employed at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Bark River, Michigan.
Diane has amazing artistic and musical talents. Diane enjoyed painting and sculpting different religious statues. Over the years, she restored many of the religious statues that can be found in St. Elizebeth Ann Seton's Church. She also painted and drew some of the most incredible pictures of wildlife and outdoor scenery. Most of which went unseen by many. She had a great eye for photography and always captured wildlife, birds, insects, and even her grandchildren and others at the best possible moment. She sometimes could even be found climbing into a bush to capture a butterfly or bee. Besides her art, she loved creative writing short stories and poems, ceramics, playing music she wrote on the keyboard, playing guitar, watching movies, and her birds. In her younger years, she also won numerous awards during her teens in rifle club.
Among her survivors include her two sons, Jeffery (Jamie) Inman of Seymour, Wisconsin, and Jason (Suzanne) Inman of Schaffer, Michigan; sister, Leslie Gilbertson of Royal Oak, MI; three grandchildren, Daniel, Nicholas, and Riley Inman.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Wesley and Margaret Palmgren; infant grandson, Matthew Inman; infant granddaughter, Ella Inman; grandparents, Edward and Ida Meyers and Herman and Ellen Palmgren; and several uncles, aunts, and friends.
Visitation will be on Thursday, February 29th from 10 a.m. - noon at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Bark River. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at noon with Rev. Darryl Pepin officiating. At the conclusion of the mass, a meal will be served in the church hall.
Burial will take place in Bark River Cemetery on a later date.
A message of condolence may be directed to the family by visiting www.crawfordfuneralhomes. The Crawford Funeral Homes are assisting the family.