LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Diane was born Aug. 15, 1967, and departed from this life on Dec. 21, 2016.

Diane grew up in the Central Valley in the little town of Escalon, Calif. She attended Modesto Christian until high school where she moved on to Escalon High till her graduation. After graduation she did continue school at Modesto Junior College for a short time.

She was married twice, first in 1990 to Philip Blair. Diane gave birth to two boys, Joshua Dylan Blair and Joseph Richard Blair.

In 1993 she settled in Lucerne, Calif., where she and Phil raised their two sons and a daughter, Kristian Blair, from Phil’s first marriage.

During the next 12 years, she worked tirelessly being a mom and a caregiver of the community she lived in. She worked closely with the Lucerne School Booster Club and the Lucerne Fire Department, helping organize many successful community fundraisers and gatherings.

In 2003 she and Phil separated, not too many years later she met her final love Kevin Anderson. Kevin and Diane were married on Feb. 4, 2012. They spent their days in Kelseyville, Calif., right at the foot of the volcano, Mt Konocti.

In 2013 Diane lost her oldest son, Joshua. At her request, Kevin built a garden in Joshua’s memory, “The Healing Garden.” There, she and Kevin spent much of their time both with friends and family. Some of her best days were with her remaining children and grandchildren inside that garden, and boating on the lake with Kevin.

She leaves behind her husband, Kevin Anderson, 51; son, Joseph Blair, 21; daughter, Kristian Blair, 24; grandchildren, Olive Ruth, 5, and Corbin, 2; daughter-in-law Nani Phillips-Blair; mother-in-law Carole Anderson; ex-husband and lifelong friend, Phil Blair, 50; brother, Kelly Kavanagh, along with a huge family and friends.

Diane had a life illness of lupus and was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in June 2016. She did a short round of chemo therapy before becoming ill and passing peacefully at Sutter Lakeside Hospital surrounded by love, family and friends.

There will be a celebration of life taking place sometime in the spring inside “The Healing Garden” at her home in Kelseyville.

We will miss her.

“To some she was the black sheep, to others she was the shining light. She was simply a woman who trusted her internal compass and had the courage to live her life by her own rules.”

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