Diana Cecilia Grisham King passed away at the Episcopal Church Home on April 16, 2024. She was born in Santiago, Chile on September 16, 1948 to Hernan Marinkovic Panfichi and Diana Blanco Garcia. It was here she learned there were many foods that were unappealing. It was in 1968, she travelled outside of South America, to Florida and developed a love of travel. She moved to Australia, and ultimately ended up in Arkansas marrying Charles Grisham in 1973. They divorced in 1994, but remained friends until he died in 2003. In 2005, she met Joseph “Joe” King, the love of her life, and married in 2007. They enjoyed 11 years of love, travels and wine until his untimely death in 2018.

One of her greatest accomplishments was graduating from college later in life, where she discovered her passion for working with the elderly. In 1991, she took a job that would change her life and forever impact those around her; she started working for the Episcopal Church Home. In 2003, she helped open the Memory Care Center of Excellence at the Episcopal Church Home where she found her true calling was to help both people suffering with dementia, and their loved ones. Her career at the Episcopal Church Home spanned 25 years, as a social worker and later as the administrator. She became heavily involved with the Alzheimer’s Association, participating in their annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s and running a support group for spouses of people with dementia.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Joe King. She is survived by her son, David Grisham (Christiana “Panda” Koonce), step-daughters DeeDee Polite (Glen Polite) and Ali Burch (Jason Rosenholtz-Witt) and grandson Leo Joseph Rosenholtz-Burch; siblings Maria Eugenia Marinkovic Blanco, Marco Antonio Marinkovic Plaza and Priscilla Valeska Marinkovic Abarca; her Arkansas family consisting of Gail Blucker, June Owen and numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorial services are scheduled for Friday, April 26, 2024 at St Matthew’s Episcopal Church on 330 North Hubbards Lane, Louisville, KY. Visitation begins at 10 AM, followed by the funeral service at 11 AM, with a reception immediately afterward at the church. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation in her honor to St Luke’s Chapel at the Episcopal Church Home, St Matthew’s Episcopal Church or the Alzheimer’s Association.