Diane was born on July 23, 1940 in Pawhuska, Okla. to Christopher Julius Pahsetopah and Lillian Lorraine (Hamilton) Pahsetopah. She passed away on May 23 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla. at the age of 70.
She was preceded in death by her parents Chris and Lorraine Pahsetopah, her brother Paul Christopher Pahsetopah and two of her six children Paul Kenneth Simmering Jr. (Sonny) and Gwendolyn Christine Simmering (Tina).