December 30, 1945 ~ May 29, 2025 (age 79)
Funeral services for Mrs. Dianne Webb Roper, 79, of Monroe, were held at 11:00 AM Monday, June 2, 2025, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Tallulah, Louisiana with the Rev. Bill Echols officiating. Visitation was held prior to the service from 10:00 AM until the service time under the direction of Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home.
Dianne passed away May 29, 2025 after a lengthy illness.
Dianne was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on December 30,1945 to Dr. George Mandeville Webb and Dorothy Ann (Verser) Webb. She grew up in Madison Parish and graduated from Tallulah High School in 1963. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education in 1967 from Louisiana State University where she was a proud member of Chi Omega fraternity. She received her Master of Education degree from the University of Louisiana in Monroe in 2000. She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Tallulah.
Dianne was a passionate educator and taught at numerous area schools. She will always be remembered for her loving and kind manner in the classroom and her extraordinary ability to remember each of her students even many years later. She was incredibly talented with needlepoint, having created numerous special pieces which will be cherished for generations. With a love for flowers, she cultivated beautiful gardens with blooms as colorful and striking as the gardener herself. She was especially proud of her years of ministry on several church altar guilds. Above all, Dianne loved her family and was a doting wife, mother, and grandmother. She was the center of innumerable holidays and many happy times together.
Dianne was preceded in death by her parents, George Mandeville Webb and Dorothy Ann Verser Webb. She is survived and will be missed by her husband of 23 years, William Roper; her sons George Austin Miller and wife Lisa, Dr. Lee Anthony Miller and wife Rhonda, daughter Elizabeth Miller McLean and husband Kenneth, and stepdaughter Dena Roper Owen and husband Jim. She is survived by eleven grandchildren, Phoebe Miller, George Miller, Adeline Miller, Mary Elizabeth Miller, David Miller, John McLean, James McLean, Michael McLean, Margaret McLean, Patrick Owen, and Caroline Owen. She is also survived by her sisters Peggy Webb Smith, The Reverend Trish Webb Toburen and husband Robert, cousin Judy Kell Morris, and numerous special nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
The family would like to thank the physicians and staff of St. Francis Medical Center, Specialty Hospital Monroe, and Ouachita Healthcare Rehabilitation Hospital. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Dianne’s honor to the United Service Organizations(USO) or the American Lung Association.
