Leone Jane Dipboye

March 31, 1945

August 16, 2022

Graveside services for Leone Dipboye, 77, of Belton, were held Aug. 24, at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen with Rev. Jeff Miller officiating.

Leone Dipboye passed away on Aug. 16, 2022 in a local nursing home.

Leone Jane Lane was born on March 31, 1945 in Redding, CA to Riley and Sidney Lane. She graduated from Shasta High School and went to nursing school at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco.

After graduating from nursing school at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco, she joined the United States Air Force.

She married Richard Dipboye on November 23, 1973 in Reno, NV. 

She left the Air Force and joined the U.S. Army Reserves. She completed her B.S.N. at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. She retired from her civil service nursing job at the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center in 2004, and the USAR as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2005.

Leone was a long-time member of First United Methodist Church in Belton.

She is preceded in death by her parents Riley and Sidney Lane.

She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Richard Dipboye of Belton; daughter Jennifer Westbrook and husband Dan of Salado; son Richard Dipboye Jr and wife Bridgette of Little Elm; three grandchildren; brothers Ron and Phyllis Lane of Sacramento, CA, and Jerry Lane of Granite Bay, CA; and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family asks that donations be made to the First United Methodist Church in Belton.

Dossman Funeral Home of Belton was in charge of services.