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This memorial website was created in the memory of our beloved mother, Diana Horsley-Nelson, 73, born on December 21, 1939 and passed away on April 28, 2013.

Diane was a kind and generous person.  She always thought of others and loved her family beyond measure.  She had the capacity to be spunky, feisty and funny all at the same time.

She was an extremely gifted artist and had a flair for design. The Christmas Caroller's that she made adorn many homes during the holidays.  People have continued to special order them even though she no longer made them to sell in art shows. 

Diana enjoyed art, scrapbooking, genealogy, email jokes, card games, soudoku and crossword puzzles.  She was very competitive, so you had to be on your toes if you ever played a game with her.  She loved to spend time with her family and friends. 

She never met a catalog that she didn't like, and she was notorius for collecting magazines from every waiting room she visited.  She couldn't pass up a good piece of chocolate and loved sweets.  Her newest find was caramel gelato. Her favorite color was blue and she loved flowers and poems. 

Diane was an entrepreneur.  She wrote her own cookbook called "Diana's Fifity-Two Favorites" and sold it to companies with their logo on it.  She had a cleaning service and a chocolate fountain company called Chocolate Perfection.

She was dynamic and her laughter was infectious. Diane was always there to offer advice, love and a safe place to talk.

We will miss her dearly yet know that her spirit will watch over each of us giving us strength and comfort always.  We will remember her forever.

Please feel free to add photos and memories of our Mother.

January 31
January 31
Hi Mom,
I miss you so much. I can't believe that you have been gone for almost 11 years. I miss our daily talks on the phone. I miss your laughter and your spunkiness. I love you more than words can say.
August 23, 2023
August 23, 2023
I miss you Mom...every day. I wish I could pick up the phone and talk to you. I really miss our daily talks. I miss talking about our day and joking around with each other. Words cannot describe how much I miss you. I love you.
December 21, 2022
December 21, 2022
Happy birthday Just Nana!!! Thanks for the lessons, coffee and laughs with me in the mornings! I love you and appreciate all you do on that side for our family currently on earth today. ✌️✨ I love that I can talk to you everyday!!!
December 21, 2022
December 21, 2022
Happy birthday to my beautiful Nana! I miss you so much! I think of you every day not just on your birthday. Sometimes I find one of your joke emails sent and read or reread it. I still wonder how you found the time to send so many but then remember you were up at the butt crack of dawn while everyone else was sleeping haha. Thank you for the laughs even now. Love you so much!
May 5, 2022
May 5, 2022
Missing you Nana. So sad you can’t be here with us. You were such a wonderful grandmother and friend. Nate’s finishing his first year in college and made it on the Deans list (we always knew he was a smarty pants) and Emma AKA miss sassy pants is thriving in 1st grade, making friends and bossing all of us around haha(she is a smarty pants as well) I love you!❤️
December 25, 2021
December 25, 2021
Merry Christmas Nana!! We love and miss you so much! I feel you -all around me and know that your love is surrounding us and our family. I love and miss you so very much. Our family Christmas isn’t the same without your bright spirit and hilarious attitude! Miss you so much and am happy to celebrate your beautiful life. We love you nana! Happy birthday -late- and merry Christmas! ❤️❤️
December 22, 2021
December 22, 2021
I miss you Mom...in so many ways. I love you.
December 21, 2021
December 21, 2021
Yet another year gone but not forgotten. Honoring you by mom throwing a crafts and game day. There will be lots of laughs and fun to be had. I know you’ll be there with us. Happy birthday Nana! Love you!
April 28, 2021
April 28, 2021
I miss you so much Nana. I think of you every day. Sometimes I find one of your joke emails sent -that I haven’t opened -and pretend like you just sent it to me. I mean there were about 20 jokes sent a day for years...literally since you discovered email. I wondered how you found time to send so many but then remembered you were up at the butt crack of dawn while everyone else was sleeping haha. Thanks for the jokes it reminds me of your humor and always gives me a good laugh. I love and miss you.
April 28, 2021
April 28, 2021
I miss you more with each passing year. You were my sister but also my best friend.  The memories are wonderful and never ending. Love you forever
April 28, 2021
April 28, 2021
I miss you Mom. I wish you were still here with us. I love you so much! You were taken from us way too soon. I think of you all of the time and wish we could have another one of our talks. I miss your humor and daily calls. Visit me in my dreams soon.
April 28, 2021
April 28, 2021
I miss you everyday ~ but it’s nice to know your up there looking after us all. ❤️
May 1, 2020
May 1, 2020
Hi Nana! I can’t believe it has been 7 years since I have heard your voice. I really miss you. I still have jokes you sent me (you did send me about 10 emails a day haha) I read one about once a week so that I still get a laugh from you. We all miss you terribly and wanted you to know that we think of you every day. I love and miss you!
April 29, 2020
April 29, 2020
I miss you so much Mom. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of you. I miss our talks on the phone and the way we could share an inside joke.  I miss your laugh, your advice, your love and your kindness. I miss seeing you do your art projects or talk to me about what new thing you found in our genealogy. I miss so much. Sometimes when I miss you the most, I get a little "hello" from you when I least expect it. Keep doing it Mom, because I need that from you. 
April 28, 2020
April 28, 2020
It has been seven years and I still miss you terribly. I think of all the wonderful times you, Marilyn and I spent so many birthdays playing games. I am cooking your wonderful recipes and sharing with everyone keeping your memories alive. Your absence has left a very large emptybspace. Love you

May 1, 2019
May 1, 2019
Missing you everyday Nana! I can’t believe it has been 6 yers sine you have been gone. I love and miss you so very much. I’ve been visited a few times by you through little birds the last few months. I feel you around me and always know it’s you when a bird pays extra close attention to me, or knocks on my back sliding glass door. Love and miss you so much-love your favorite one ;)
April 29, 2019
April 29, 2019
I miss you so much.  You added so much happiness to my life.
April 29, 2018
April 29, 2018
It has been five years since we lost you, and it is still such an open wound for me. I love you Mom, and there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think of you.
I am honored that you were my Mom, and have so many wonderful memories of you.
On Heather’s wedding day, I could feel you all around me. Especially as we were all getting ready for the wedding. As I was lacing up Heather’s gown, I felt you with me. When we were walking her down the isle, you were right next to me.
When I was with Randy in Heather’s back yard, I know you were there letting your presence be known to both of us. Such a special moment....thank you.
I love you.
December 21, 2017
December 21, 2017
Happy birthday to you, my beautiful Nana! I love and misss you everyday but know that you are always near (plus I am your favorite so I know you can't go far from me). In celebration of you, today I am going to treat myself to one of those giant frapachinos we used to get when I visited you in TX. And it will be the real deal-no skinnying it up today haha! Starbucks here we come.

I miss you so very much Nana! Happy, happy birthday!
December 22, 2016
December 22, 2016
Hi Nana! Happy birthday (I wanted to write yesterday on your birthday but it was tough for me to get through the message I wanted to l write without kids interrupting) I miss and love you so much. I miss our daily talks and our conversations. You made me laugh every day. Now you get to hear me ramble on about the kids driving me crazy and about that bitch that stole my parking spot haha. You are still here for me everyday. When my sweet little Emma looks up at the ceiling and says hi, I know she is talking to you. I love you Nana!
December 21, 2016
December 21, 2016
I think of you every day Mom. I didn't know that a person could continue to miss someone so much. I miss our talks, your infectious laugh, the way that only a mother can love...and so much more that words cannot express.
Love you
December 21, 2016
December 21, 2016
I miss you so much! I have so many wonderful mememories of thegood times we had. Til we meet again and make many more.
April 28, 2016
April 28, 2016
It's been 3 years..the love and wonderful memories will live forever. When I think of you I smile - remembering your infectious laugh,your love for family, sunday cofee and crosswords, strawberries, green apples, unbelievable amount of crafts (had to keep us kids outta trouble and creatively thinking), tons of games (competative runs in our blood), down right stubborness (also runs in ou blood) and those early years when you would tickle my back and I would be fast asleep. I love and miss u and feel your strength with me everyday.
what a wonderful treat to have had u in my life!
April 29, 2014
April 29, 2014
There are so many wonderful memories that I have of Diane. So many things that she made for me that grace my house and say hello to me from her at every turn. All the wonderful birthdays that she, Kathy and I shared - these are memories that do not fade. And as I enjoy them, I know that she is enjoying them too. The connections are so deep.There is just love for her and all the people in common that we love.
April 29, 2014
April 29, 2014
I miss you Mom. Thank you for being there for me, both in life and in death. I feel you around me all of the time. I wrote a story about us on this site. It is in the "Her Life" section instead of the "Story" section, but at least it is in there. I must have clicked the wrong category before I put my glasses on.
You would think that a year would heal part of the pain, but it is still there. I think of you every day. I love you Mom.
April 28, 2014
April 28, 2014
I still cannot grasp that you are not a phone call or email away. I miss you terribly but I know you are with me in spirit. i love and miss you so.
May 10, 2013
May 10, 2013
I am so happy for the time I got to meet her and spend time with her. she was so much fun and the chocolate fountain at Jacque and Michael's wedding was so good. She was so funny and kicked all of our butts in Boggle. It was truly a wonderful weekend. wish we could have spent more time together. To all of your wonderful family who adopted me as one of you, I am so sorry for your loss. xo
May 9, 2013
May 9, 2013
Nana, We love and miss you more than words can describe. You were a beautiful person and inspire me every day to be a better person. You were the most amazing grandmother and I couldn't have been blessed more to have you in my life. We all will cherish the memory of you and will continue to feel your presence around us every day. I love you. Thank you for being you.
May 8, 2013
May 8, 2013
Mom, I miss you more than ever. I cherish every moment we spent together whether it was in person or on the phone. Thank you for giving me life, teaching me how to be a good person and showing me how to truly love. I got my sense of humor from you and can say that most of the important things in life, I learned from you. I love you more than words can say.

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January 31
January 31
Hi Mom,
I miss you so much. I can't believe that you have been gone for almost 11 years. I miss our daily talks on the phone. I miss your laughter and your spunkiness. I love you more than words can say.
August 23, 2023
August 23, 2023
I miss you Mom...every day. I wish I could pick up the phone and talk to you. I really miss our daily talks. I miss talking about our day and joking around with each other. Words cannot describe how much I miss you. I love you.
December 21, 2022
December 21, 2022
Happy birthday Just Nana!!! Thanks for the lessons, coffee and laughs with me in the mornings! I love you and appreciate all you do on that side for our family currently on earth today. ✌️✨ I love that I can talk to you everyday!!!
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April 29, 2014

Oops! I put the story in Her Life section instead of the story section.  Please go there to read it. 
I will post another story here in the next few weeks.
I love you Mom.  I want you to know that I love you beyond measure. 
I was blessed to have you as my Mother.
XO r       

Miss you so much mom

March 19, 2014

Still cant bring myself to write anything here .  the hurt is still so fresh and painful. i think about and miss you every day. i hope i was good enough .

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