Diane was the 2nd youngest of a family of 4, born on January 30, 1963 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her parents and siblings moved to Calgary, Alberta in 1968, then the family moved to Thunder Bay in 1970, which became home.
Diane was a very spirited/adventurous child/adult who at 19, became a Mother to her first-born Christine in 1982, and 9 years later became a Mom again to Miranda. Her girls were her life.
During her adult years, she was known to all as a woman with many talents and dreams. Throughout her life, she was a woman of all trades, worked retail, drove transport/snow plow, worked at fishing resorts, house cleaning or anything else you would throw her way. Diane loved cooking and entertaining with friends and family. She loved the outdoors and fishing was her favorite pastime, taking her kids, and later her grandkids to catch the first rainbow of the season.