DIANE MADELINE LOVIE

08/11/1935 - 11/05/2022

Diane was born in San Diego California on August 11, 1935. In late 2022 Diane’s health began to fade and early on a Saturday afternoon with husband Peter by her side in a nursing facility in Houston, she fell asleep and peacefully passed on. She died on November 5, 2022, at the age of 87.

The oldest of seven children that her parents raised in Waterloo, Iowa, Diane inherited an artistic talent and thoughtfulness from her father Daniel Scholl who was an artist for John Deere and known for creating the John Deere logo. Diane’s artistic and creative talents were shown in her choice of everything from clothing fashion, decorating her home, and picking out some of the most wonderful gifts for friends and family.

After growing up in a traditional and modest Midwest world, Diane graduated from High School in 1953 and worked in local offices for several years before striking out on her own by moving to San Francisco. It was the 1970s and a good time to be there where she travelled the state and worked for an entertainment law firm, meeting many interesting people. She tried travel to Europe and grew to love everything Italian.

In a visit to Houston Texas, she met Peter Lovie, an oil industry pioneer and ultimately an oil industry Hall of Famer. They married in 1983 and enjoyed four decades together, all this time in the same home in the City of Spring Valley in Houston. They travelled quite often in the US and to Peter’s native Scotland. Diane started a gift importing and distributing business which grew for several years until she suffered a massive stroke in 1988. She confounded the doctors and therapists - Diane’s spirit overcame most of the limitations of the stroke and people came to be surprised that she had once gone through so much.

Art was always a fascination and a passion in all Diane did. Later in life she started to do oil paintings, learning it all through using her left hand even though she was once right-handed. Her home was filled with her paintings. She seemed to have had no limits to her talents.

Diane is survived by her husband Peter and two sisters: Emily Mishler in Viroqua Wisconsin and Charlotte Spragg in Clear Lake Iowa, along with numerous nieces and nephews and grandnieces and nephews. Diane built close friendships over the years among neighbors, in addition to loyalties to friends she talked to by phone and who dated back to her years in Waterloo, San Francisco and elsewhere.

Visitation with the family will be from 10:00 am until 11:00 with the Celebration of Life beginning at 11:00 am in The Hunters Creek Chapel at Earthman Funeral Directors, 8303 Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas 77024. Immediately following, a reception will be held in the Event Room. The family will gather for a private graveside service.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations made in Diane’s honor to MD Anderson Cancer Center 713 792 3450 https://gifts. mdanderson.org/