BARCELO, Diane Joan

(nee Stojkiewicz)

Taken from us too soon, Diane passed away on August 23, 2017 at home in Victoria. Born in London, Ontario on May 8, 1956, Diane is survived by her husband, Dan Barcelo; sons, Colton and Grayson; siblings, Donna Leavitt, Dorothy Stojkiewicz and John Lyle, as well as her extended family and friends. Predeceased by her mom, Joan Lyle. Di loved life and always tried to see the positive side. She was artistic and loved to create art from all sorts of mediums, from paints to pencil drawings to refurbishing an old filing cabinet with sunflowers. Di also loved shiny things, like crystals, and stringing them with meaningful beads. (Dan would say you like sparkly things). She had many hobbies, including genealogy which became her newest passion. She loved to study the lineages to get the stories straight and for the family tree. She was a loving wife to Dan and a loving and dedicated mother to her sons. Di worked hard all her life and loved learning new things. Always in customer service, she was well liked by customers and co-workers. She was always willing to lend a hand to help whomever. She loved to laugh and enjoy good wine and food with close friends and family. Special thanks to Dr. Bridger, Janice, Muriel and Dr. Bax, all the ladies at Beacon Homecare, Dr. Briemberg in Vancouver, ALS Society, and to all the VIHA staff.

A Celebration of Diane’s Life will be held in the Sequoia Centre at McCall Gardens, 4665 Falaise Drive, Victoria, on Sunday, September 17 at 1:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the ALS Society. Condolences may be offered to the family at mccallgardens.com.