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Diane Elaine Hutchinson
March 7, 1937 - October 28, 2017

Diane Elaine Hutchinson

Diane Elaine Hutchinson
Mar 7, 1937 - Oct 28, 2017

Diane Elaine Hutchinson
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Diane Elaine Hutchinson (age 80) died peacefully on October 28th, 2017, while hospitalized for a heart/lung condition.

She was one of two children born to Milford and Blythe Kronmeyer. When she was born on March 7th, 1937, her mother was 40 years old and her only sibling, Dick, was already 12 years old. She was born in Seattle and grew up in the Wallingford area until she moved to Alderwood Manor and lived on a farm that is now part of the Alderwood Mall property. She loved animals and especially riding horses.

In her school days, she was a dancer and a majorette. She graduated from Edmonds High School in 1955. She met her future husband, Tom, where he worked as a mechanic at a gas station. They married March 3rd 1956 and she became part of his large, 8-sibling family. They raised two children near the Alderwood Youth Club, in a home they shared for 45 years. As a young woman, she worked at Manor Hardware with her father. She volunteered in the High School Library and then worked for many years at Blue Cross. After retiring from there, Diane worked alongside Tom in his fuel injection business. She was widowed in 2014, just after their 59th anniversary.

Diane loved music and especially loved to hear Tom play the piano. Early in their marriage, she played softball and later was on a bowling league. She adored Tom's twin, Effie, like her own sister, and they took many road trips together. Diane loved everything to do with food. Grocery shopping was a special outing for her. She collected cookbooks, watched cooking shows, and loved to cook for her family. When she wasn't cooking or watching detective shows, she was gardening. She planted tomatoes and loved the raised garden boxes that Tom built for her. She loved crossword puzzles, playing cards and Rummikub with friends. Diane adored her grandchildren and especially enjoyed shopping for and spoiling them. Her neighbors from Alderwood were life-long friends, and she had many friends in her recent mobile home park neighborhood.

Diane was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Dick, and her grand-daughter, Bethany. She is survived by her daughter, Jody Patterson and partner, Connie Wilson (Bothell), her son, Jeff Hutchinson and wife, Debbie (Bothell), and six grandchildren, Casey, Ben, Bekah, Paul, Abigail, and Kevin, as well as two great-grandchildren, Elsa and Theodore, and dozens of nieces and nephews.

 
 

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18
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Northlake Christian Church
19029 North Road
Bothell, Washington 98021
1:00 PM


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