Diane Morgan Roche

Diane Morgan Roche, 75, passed away on October 4, 2016, in Tustin, California, the city where she lived for over 40 years, surrounded in love by her three children. She was born on July 20, 1941, in Los Angeles, California as Charlotte Diane Morgan. She graduated from Arcadia High School in 1959, and went on to earn a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Redlands in 1964. She started her career as an elementary school teacher and later went to work for Fluor Corporation in Irvine, California as a project manager where she worked for over 25 years until she retired. Although Diane struggled with a debilitating neurological condition that progressed in the later years of her life, she never complained and always had a positive attitude and a generous and loving spirit. She loved traveling, good food, movies, watching jeopardy and spending time with her friends, children and grandchildren. She is survived by her three children, Darren Morgan Roche, Dena Meghan Roche and Derek Michael Roche, her sister Judith Morgan Allison, and her five grandchildren, Zoe Alexandra Hindman, Jolie Diane Roche, Evan Morgan Hindman, Jack Michael Roche and Owen Nathaniel Roche. She is predeceased by her parents, Frederick Leon Morgan of Detroit, Michigan and Charlotte Parker Bartlett Morgan of Cheyenne, Wyoming. The funeral service will be held on Saturday, October 15, 2016, at 11:30 a.m. at Fairhaven Memorial Park located at 1702 Fairhaven Ave, Santa Ana, California, 92705, where she will also be buried. A reception and celebration of life will take immediately following the service at Zov’s Bistro on 17440 E. 17th Street, Tustin, California, 92780. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Wildlife Conservation Network (www.wildnet.org.) Condolences may be left on the online guestbook.