Elizabeth Diane Maloney

In Loving Memory

Elizabeth Diane Maloney, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away peacefully in her home on November 25, 2025. She was born on September 21, 1943, to William and Josephine Salas in Reno, Nevada.

E. Diane met the love of her life, Kent Paul Maloney (who passed June 1, 2016), in 1961 at the University of Nevada, Reno. They were married on June 4, 1966, at St. Thomas Aquinas Cathedral in Reno, Nevada. During their senior year in college, they were named the Sigma Nu White Rose Queen and Outstanding Senior. During her life, she cherished travels throughout the world alongside her husband Kent.

E. Diane worked as a legal secretary while in the Reno area before the family moved to the Placerville, CA area. She stayed home with her daughters, joined the Beta Sigma Phi sorority, was a Brownie and Girl Scout leader and volunteered in her daughters’ classrooms. She joined the Mother Lode School District staff in 1979, eventually becoming the administrative assistant to the superintendent and retiring in 2008.

E. Diane found great joy in service and community. She was truly dedicated and active in the Mother Lode Lions Club, was a Lioness before she was delighted to become the 100th member. She later served as the President of the Lions Club; she volunteered at the club’s Sees candy shack weekly and chaired the Lions Scholarship Committee for many years. She was honored to be the El Dorado County Rose from 2019 to 2021. She absolutely loved her retirement job serving people wine at the Sobon and Shenandoah wineries. Above all, she adored her time with her family and longtime friends.

E. Diane impacted others through her thoughtful gifts, love of dancing, infectious laugh, and willingness to help others. She was hardworking, dedicated, and an overall blessing to all who met her!

She is survived by her daughters: Deborah Ann Wilson and Michelle Diane Keating, her grandchildren: Dylan Wilson, McKenna Heintzen, Selena Wilson, and Kendell Lambert, and a great-grandchild: Noah Heintzen. She is preceded in death by her loving husband, and three brothers.

A celebration of life will be held on January 17th at the Mother Lode Lions Club. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Mother Lode Lions Club, PO Box 160, Diamond Springs, CA 95619