Biography: Katherine (Ga Ga) Elise Barry Diesel, age 88 1/2, of Little Rock, died October 24, 2006. She was born in Memphis, TN, the daughter of the late Harold Bradford and Clara Beck Reasoner Barry. Elise graduated High School in Springfield, MO, before attending William Woods College and later graduated DePauw University, where she received her BA in English. She was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority. After school she married Louis Irving Merod Diesel, moving to Little Rock, where she raised three children. She was an active volunteer with the Red Cross Swimming Program, and was a volunteer swimming instructor with Lions World Services for the Blind with whom she was employed until her retirement. Elise was an avid swimmer, traveler, and reader. She was a member of LifeQuest of Arkansas and Westover Hills Presbyterian Church. She is preceded in death by her husband Louis, who died in 1974. Survivors include her daughter, Susan Mehlburger of Little Rock; sons, John Barry Diesel and wife Sunmee of Fayetteville, Louis Merod Diesel and wife Diane of Flagstaff, Arizona; five grandchildren, Lee Mehlburger and wife Michelle, Harry Mehlburger and wife Jerilyn, Katherine McGinley and husband Rob, Louis J. Diesel, Scott Diesel and wife Roseann; seven great grandchildren, Mary and Spencer Mehlburger, Katherine Madison McGinley, Susan Barclay McGinley, Dillan Diesel, Harrison and Jake Griffin Mehlburger; nieces and nephews, Barbara Barry Yount, Bob Barry, Bradford O’Connor, Caroline McCullam, and Catherine O’Connor. She is also preceded in death by her favorite son-in-law and cribbage partner, Don Mehlburger, who died in 1992. Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m. today, at Presbyterian Village followed by graveside services at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow at Roselawn Memorial Park, officiated by Reverends Jim and Debbie Freeman and The Very Reverend Henry Hudson. Following graveside services there will be a reception at Ruebel Funeral Home at 11:00 a.m. Memorials, in lieu of flowers, should be made to Lions World Services for the Blind or a charity of choice. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Ruebel Funeral Home of Little Rock, www.ruebelfuneralhome.com.