DIANNA MARIE STEINHAUER WAS BORN OCTOBER 25, 1944 IN SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA TO HENRY "DUTCH" STEINHAUER AND MARY ANN STEINHAULER. HAD THE MOST AMAZING, MUSIC FILLED, HIPPIE LIFE AND WOULD HAPPILY TELL ANYONE OF HER STORIES. DIANNA WOULD GO TO CONCERTS IN SAN FRANCISCO AT "THE AVALON" AND “THE FILLMORE" WHERE SHE BUMPED ELBOWS WITH MANY NOW FAMOUS MUSICIANS. SHE SAW JIMI, HENDRIX AND HUNG OUT WITH JANIS JOPLIN, SMOKED WITH JERRY GARCIA OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD ON THE FRONT STEP OF HIS HOME, ON HAIGHT AND ASHBURY. HER BAR'S HOUSE BAND, THREE DOG NIGHT, WOULD SLEEP ON HER COUCHES. SHE WOULD TALK TO JIMMY PAGE OF LED ZEPPELIN ON THE PHONE WHEN HE WOULD CALL HER ROOM MATE, MORGAN. SHE RAN WITH THE HELL'S ANGELS AND GYPSIE JOKERS AND WOULD PROUDLY SAY SHE ONLY SAT ON A HARLEY OR INDIAN MOTORCYCLE. SHE MET OTHER FAMOUS PEOPLE THROUGHOUT HER LIFE, LIKE JOHN F KENNEDY.

FOR DIANNA, MUSIC WASN'T JUST LISTENED TO, BUT A LIFESTYLE THAT SHAPED EVERY FACET OF HER COLORFUL LIFE. SHE NAMED HER ONLY CHILD, JUSTIN, AFTER JUSTIN HAYWARD OF THE MOODY BLUES AND SHE WELCOMED HIM INTO THIS WORLD MARCH OF 1974. SHE WOULD INSTILL IN HIM A LIFELONG LOVE OF MUSIC AND CONCERTS, SHE TOOK JUSTIN TO HIS FIRST CONCERT, AT THE AGE Of 7, TO SEE THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND AND HE ENDED UP ON STAGE WHILE THEY PREFORMED “MR BOJANGLES.”

IN 1981, DIANNA & JUSTIN MOVED TO CAMDENTON, MO. DIANNA QUICKLY BECAME A WELLL LIKED, SPICY SCORPIO, BARTENDER WHO COULD DEFINATELY HOLD HER OWN. SHE MANAGED VARIOUS BARS IN CAMDENTON UNTIL THE LATE 1990'S AND EVENTUALLY RETIRED FROM EMERSON IN THE EARLY 2000’S. DIANNA WAS ALSO A LIFE LONG AVID READER AND IN HER LAST YEARS, SHE MADE AND GAVE AWAY BOOKMARKS TO INSTILL IN OTHERS A LOVE FOR READING.

PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HER FATHER AND MOTHER; AND HER SISTER-IN-LAW, LINDA STEINHAUER. SURVIVED BY HER BELOVED SON, JUSTIN STEINCHAUCER (KARIN) OF CAMDENTON MO; BROTHERS: PHILLIP STEINHAUER OF SEBASTOPOL, CA, DAVID STEINHAUER (BRENDA) OF KANSAS CITY, KS; NIECES: KERRY STEINHALLER OF SEBASTOPOL, CA, DENA BECKMAN (MATT) OF SPARKS, NV, MICHELLE CLARK (MICHAEL) OF LEE IS SUMMIT, MO, CHRISTINA LINT (KEVIN) OF ANYMORE, MO; 4 GREAT-NEPHEWS AND 7 GREAT NIECES.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Monday, March 9, 2025 at Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home in Camdenton, Missouri, beginning at 2:00pm with speakers/presentations at 3:00 pm.

Arrangements are under the direction of Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home.