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Diane R. Laramie passed away peacefully on September 9, 2012, the day after her 69th birthday! She was at home surrounded by her children and grandchildren. Her life is a tribute to a life well lived: one lived for others with God's amazing grace. She was blessed with a husband, Ernest "Ernie" A. Laramie Jr. who absolutely adored her during their 22 years of marriage. They met when she was 16 years old in Dover, Delaware. A couple years later Ernie was stationed overseas and proposed by mail, sending an engagement ring inside a Christmas card. They married in 1963 and traveled as an Air Force Family to Azores Portugal, Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base in Missouri, Abilene and then made their home in San Antonio. They had three children, Denise Laramie Spain, Michelle Laramie fiancée Craig Birdwell and Michael Laramie wife Trisha Laramie. In 1985, at the age of 45, Ernie passed away suddenly and Diane continued to love and raise their children. She loved with all of her heart and made the lives of her children and her grandchildren, Stephanie Spain, Tracy Spain, Hunter Spain and Brady Laramie so special. Diane was preceded in Heaven by her mother Sadie Lee Davis; her father William Clifton Davis, brothers Robert Davis and William Spencer Davis, and sister Lauren Davis. She is survived by her brother Richard Davis wife Patricia Davis and sisters, Jane Pleasanton, Linda Ayres, Roberta Cinch and Carol Needing. She was dearly loved and will be remembered for her grace, dignity and her fight for life as she battled ovarian cancer over the last four years. Her wishes were to have a graveside service to celebrate her life. Graveside services will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, September 14, 2012, Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, San Antonio, Texas, 210 820-3891. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Ronald McDonald House at http://rmhc.org/how-you-can-help/donate or to The National Ovarian Cancer Coalition at https://www.ovarian.org/donate.php. The family wishes to extend extra hugs and special thanks to Concordia Lutheran Church, the START Center, Amedisys Home Health and Hospice Care, Mission Park North Funeral Home, Flowers by Brenda Fry, and for our friends and family who supported Diane during life's journey through cancer.

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Diane R. Laramie

September 8, 1943 - September 9, 2012