Diane Patricia Galvez Lutz

Diane was born on July 10, 1958 at White Memorial Hospital. In Los Angeles, California. She was the daughter of Manuel and Pauline Galvez. Diane was raised in Alhambra, California. Always at the ready with a good joke, she grew up to be quite a humorous person. While some who knew Diane might describe her as an idealist, her friends and family understood well that Diane was always in pursuit of life’s endless possibilities and opportunities available to her.

Diane was raised with Three siblings. She had older sister Deborah and two younger brothers Manny and Paul. Diane was very accepting and supportive of her family.

As a young girl, Diane was able to empathize and identify with a vast array of people and personality types. This quality drew her into a diverse group of friends and acquaintances. Diane was intelligent and had little trouble getting along with her peers. She was almost always the first to jump in when it came to playing games or participating in other childhood activities. She was a member of the girl scouts, drill team, cheerleading team and talent shows. In her spare time she liked playing guitar, singing and drawing. Diane had the ability to find amusement with almost any activity she and the many childhood friends she shared might discover.

During her high school years, Diane responded enthusiastically to any new project and was regularly in search of one adventure after another. She graduated from Alahambra High School. In 1976. Diane was a very good student, and generally did well in her courses. Diane absorbed as much as she could from all of her teachers and was consistently able to tackle conceptual and abstract problems, using her imagination to master her assignments. For Diane, school often became just an extension of playtime, thanks to her ability to turn just about anything into a game. Classmates considered Diane a good listener, knowing that when necessary, they could go to her to discuss just about anything. Her favorite class in high school was music and art.

She had two years of junior college and trade school. Diane was very adaptable, a quality that helped her make the transition from high school to college with little difficulty. As a result, Diane's problem solving skills and thirst for new knowledge almost guaranteed that she enjoyed virtually every class she took. Diane was always in quest of new things to learn and experience

With a talent for making acquaintances easily which in turn brought her an endless stream of friends, Diane was very sociable and could blend without effort into any social group. Assertive and outgoing, Diane was easy to know and demonstrated a deep concern for others. She always seemed aware of what was going on with people around her and throughout her life she made many, many friends. While growing up, some of her best friends were Becky Renteria Salazar and Lucy Mitchum. Later in life, she became friends with Olga Rainy and Margaret Hunt.

Diane's skill at understanding her children's feelings, her sensitivity to their needs, and her gift for gentle persuasion enabled her to find novel solutions to any problem or situation that might crop up. Diane was blessed with Five: Michelle,Joshua, Danielle,Gabriel and Patrick. They were also blessed with one grandchild., Jeremy.

Diane was uplifted by new ideas and was excited by life’s possibilities, traits that made her an exceptional worker. Her primary occupation was hairstylist. She was employed as a hairstylist for 25 plus years. Diane was enterprising, inventive and working against deadlines seemed to energize her. Diane had the uncanny ability to identify a win/win solution to just about any problem, possibly because of her gift for insight. Diane's fellow workers saw her as a supporter and a mentor.

Because Diane loved to have a broad variety of activities in her life, she took advantage of the opportunity to pursue numerous hobbies. Her favorite pursuits were art, playing guitar and singing. Diane had a knack for being able to multi-task in order to create time for all of her favorite pastimes. However, Diane's ever-present concern for others always took precedent.

Diane's love of improvising in her daily life was a perfect fit for her enjoyment of traveling. Her favorite vacations were ones that were not planned. Traveling in a casual manor fit her personality well. Excited about seeing changing scenery and constantly looking for the enjoyment life could offer, Diane took her vacations seriously, well, as seriously as she possibly could. Favorite vacations included sailing with her parents on Dana Point, Ca and Hawaii.

Diane was a lover of animals and cherished her pets. Buster and Timmy Desert Tortoise., was a best friend for Buster four years and Timmy six years.

Diane Lutz passed away on January 1, 2011 at Canton, Georgia. She is survived by children Michelle, Joshua, Danielle, Gabriel, and Patrick. Grandchild Jeremy. Sister Deborah, brothers Manny and Paul and parents, Manuel and Pauline Galvez. Services were held at Woodstock Funeral Home, Woodstock, Georgia. Diane's ashes were scrattered at sea on Dana Point, Calfornia.