Diane Elizabeth Puliafico - Online Memorial Website

I don't understand how this could have happened to the healthiest person I know. The only time I had breakfast at her house she served me egg whites, steamed spinach and a bran muffin with fake coffee! Where was the bacon grease anad bloody mary? She was the designated driver because you could count on her not to drink too much. She used to make fun of me because I called her Nordic track an "Artic" track...little did I know. I absolutely loved her incredible joi de vivre. She really knew how to enjoy food, friends, music and the little things in life. I will miss her so much.

Diane was certainly a one of a kind.  We first met at ITG, where all the first group of girls met, but we went on to work together again at least once, maybe twice.  It was at ARC, Aluminum Recycling Corporation, that the cookie, Snackwells, became popular.  Carolyn, you'll remember them well.  Diane was into sweets then, and had jammed every available nook and cranny of her desk with boxes of these cookies.  (I think this was at the beginning of the no fat phase 10 or 12 years ago).  Never crossed our minds that because it didn't have fat, didn't mean it didn't have calories or sugar!  If those cookies could talk, the stories they would tell!

I admired Diane as a Human Being so much.  She was always practicing the concept of Be Here Now, and I never knew anyone who lived her life at 100% so much of the time.  I'm really grateful she did that.  It's a wake up call to me to remember to do that more often.  DI-Ann, Marty and I will really, really miss you.  Your time here was way too short.

A couple of years ago, Amy and Reece were in Hawaii and I was helping Diane watch Makayla for a few days.  I had known Diane as "Amy's friend", but it was in those few days that I Diane also became MY friend.  She would come over and hang out in our massage chair and share a glass of wine and talk about everything from food to politics to culture and religion, and oh yeah, the secret of her radiant, clear skin!  My son Siddharth and Makayla are close buddies, and Diane would play with them like another child.  She would watch them ride in their ATV's outside and we would take them to the park with their bikes, chasing them down the slope! It was a fun week! Whether they were scribbling on Amy's furniture or playing dress up, Diane was a part of it all! I got to know a sensitive and caring person, who selflessly gave to others, no matter what.

 

My other favorite memory of Diane's is the night we all went to the Kenny G concert at Humphrey's and sat in a boat sipping wine and enjoying the music. Diane lived in the moment and expressed herself very eloquently.  Diane really knew how to enjoy life to the fullest and appreciated the finer things in life.

 

In the Hindu philosophy, a soul is never born and it never dies - it simply discards its embodiment.  Diane's journey on earth was too short for someone so special. Diane's beautiful aura will always remain with me and inspire me to admire every single color in God's rainbow.

 

I will miss you, my friend.

 

With love and hugs,

Anjali

We, Reece C. Jensen Sr. wife, Billie extend our deepest heart-felt sympathies to all who knew and love Diane as we did. She came into our lives when we moved South to San Diego from our former home in Nevada, and were immediately accepted into the new family & friends of our son, Reece Jr. and wife Amy. We will always remember Diane as a warm, caring and wonderful person, always concerned with the feelings and well-being of others. We will miss her terribly and cherish her memory and are very sorry for her family's loss.

Alaways and Forever,

 

Billie and Reece Jensen