Diane Goetschius, 60, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away on December 2, 2020, in Beaumont.
Born in Beaumont on February 23, 1960 to Bobby Guy Ener and Margaret (Leggett) Ener, Diane graduated from Forest Park High School and then later from Lamar University. Diane had a passion for teaching kindergarten and loved reading and inspiring a love of reading in others. Through her 26 years in education, she taught countless children to read, to write, and to be kind to others. Always putting her family first, Diane put her teaching career on hold for a decade to be a full-time mom to her four daughters. During that time, she was the quintessential classroom volunteer, dance mom, band mom, youth group mom; she was always available to support her daughters in whatever their interests were at the time. She is remembered for teaching in her church at AWANA and vacation bible school, for her antics and hard work on youth mission trips with her girls, and for being that mom that all the kids could and wanted to talk to. Later in life, her grandchildren became her passion. She never showed up for a visit without a new book for them, and one of her greatest pleasures was reading to them. Diane met Jack, her high school sweetheart and one true love at the age of 15, and she loved him fiercely and completely, always doing what she could to keep him in line. Diane became a Christian as a young child and introduced Jack to The Lord when they were teenagers. Married in 1980, they endured the ups and downs of 40 years of marriage, and Jack was by her side holding her hand when she first looked into the eyes of Jesus.
She was preceded in death by her father, Bobby Guy Ener and her brother, Robert Ener.
She is survived by her loving husband of 40 years, Jack C. Goetschius; mother, Margaret Ener of Conroe; children, Katrina Johnson and her husband M.J. Johnson of Van Alstyne, Keila Goetschius and her fiancé J.W. Buller of Vidor, Karley Goetschius and her husband Derek Jackson of Beaumont, and Kalley McConathy and her husband Jared McConathy of Melissa; grandchildren, Gemma, Rylan, and Micah Johnson, Dylan Buller, Brody Campise, Addi, Ella, and Clara Jackson, Gabriel McConathy; siblings, Sherri Wright and her husband Bruce of Liberty, Stephen Ener and his wife Julia of Cypress, and Dawn Graff and her husband Billy of Conroe; sister-in-law, Mary Ener of Beaumont; and numerous nieces, nephews, and great-nieces and great-nephews.
Serving as pallbearers are M.J. Johnson, J.W. Buller, Derek Jackson, Jared McConathy, Joshua Graff, and Jacob Graff.
Funeral services will be held on Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 3:00 p.m., at Westgate Memorial Baptist Church in Beaumont. Visitation will be held prior to the service at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, December 6, 2020, at the church. The service will also be livestreamed via the Westgate Memorial Baptist Church wesbsite at westgatechurch.com.
If you are attending the service in person, the family kindly asks that you wear a mask to protect their loved ones and yours.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Mission Arlington at https://missionarlington.org/ and the Alzheimer’s Association at https://act.alz.org .