Diane Lyn Wilson

Many of you have learned that my wife, Diane Wilson, Apt 2221, died on Friday, December 19. She was 75 years young. She was a regular in exercise and yoga classes in T1 and T3 and she could often be sighted making a beeline on some errand or another, fully focused on what she was doing or where she was going. She was in great health until the Tuesday before she died. She was feeling fine after dinner and complained of some abdominal pain before bedtime. By 10:00, she was in intense pain. I called 911, and she was transported to the United Hospital Emergency Room. There, the doctors ran tests and scans. Nothing indicated any problems, the pain subsided, and she was sent home early on Wednesday morning. By 10:00 AM, she was again in intense pain and was passing out so I called 911 again and she returned to the Emergency Room. This time, tests were showing abnormalities, her condition worsened and she underwent exploratory surgery that night. The surgeon found that her small intestine had gotten tangled up with scar tissue from a childhood appendectomy, cutting off the blood supply, resulting in the death of about a third of her small intestine. This section was removed and she was put on a ventilator to stabilize her for followup surgery on Friday. That surgery revealed that, in the interim, all of her small intestines had died, which was not survivable. We had to remove her respirator at about 5:00 and she died about two hours later. Her sister, nieces and nephew were able to get to the hospital to be with us as she died. She never regained consciousness after the first surgery. Diane was strong and full of energy. We traveled around the world for hiking trips and especially enjoyed hiking in Cornwall and Yorkshire. We sailed on Leech Lake, enjoyed our state parks, camping in our Airstream trailer, and had just finished a week of hiking on our annual trip to Arizona. Diane was a talented needlepoint artist and loved to knit. If something interested her, she gave it 100 percent. Together, we did everything that we wanted and had so much fun doing it. We had no regrets about things left undone. She was looking forward to our upcoming years at Marvella in our new apartment and my only regret is that we had so little time. She was my best friend, my teacher and my love. I will miss her desperately. Mark Anderson

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Diane Lyn Wilson

December 23, 1949 - December 19, 2025

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Diane Lyn Wilson

December 23, 1949 - December 19, 2025

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