Marjorie Diane Dunford

Aunt Diane was born, the younger of two daughters, to William Chauncey and Merlyn Helen Chamberlin Dunford in Salt Lake City, Utah. She took her final leap of faith in the late afternoon of Saturday, March 29th, with her niece Tracy by her side. Diane had a love and testimony of her Savior, Jesus Christ; and was a dedicated member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She loved her family and friends. She loved to sing beautiful music. She loved children. She loved to garden, and she loved chocolate, Chocolate, CHOCOLATE! Diane was bright and inquisitive, and yearned for travel and adventure. She was very competitive and loved to play, and watch, any sport she could. Her childhood home on Denver Street was just the starting point for many of her life's happiest memories. Diane graduated from South High School and continued on to earn a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from the University of Utah. She also studied and performed with the U of U Music and Theatre Departments. She had a beautiful alto voice, and could pick out harmony to almost any song she heard. She joined the Tabernacle Choir and performed and traveled with them for more than 35 years. Being a member of the Choir gave her many life-long friends and an opportunity to see the world. She sang before prophets, presidents, and kings. In her young adult days, she applied for and accepted jobs that gave her more than just income. She had wonderful "seasons" working at a lodge on the rim of the Grand Canyon, at Sun Valley Resort, and as a telephone operator in Honolulu, Hawaii. She also worked for the "phone company" in Salt Lake City before accepting a position as the Tour Guide Supervisor at the Visitor's Center on Temple Square. Later she worked as an administrative assistant in the Information Systems Department of the LDS Church. After her retirement, Diane served two LDS missions: the first to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the second to Independence, Missouri. Diane made friends wherever she went. She was still an active part of her Employees of Grand Canyon Group, the Telephone Company Gals, the S.F.O.E.M. Club, her Lambda Delta Sigma Sisters, and her beloved Choir Carpool. Diane's one sorrow was that she didn't marry and have the children she had dreamed of a