- Date Of Birth: January 4, 1935
- Date Of Death: January 08, 2024
- State: Virginia
Surrounded by her loving family and devoted caregivers, Sandra Dianne Holland Howe, formally of Suffolk, VA, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of January 8th, 2024, at The Arlington of Naples in Naples, FL. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 65 years, Capt. Frederic Northey Howe, Jr., USN.Dianne was born January 4th, 1935, in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., the only child of the late James Howard Holland and Mary Irene Peters Holland of Suffolk, VA. After graduating from Suffolk High School, Dianne attended Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, VA and then continued to the University of Virginia nursing school. She later returned to her alma mater, Mary Washington College, and graduated in 1991 with a BLS degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. Through the years Dianne worked as an executive secretary for the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Fredericksburg, VA Historical Society.Dianne was an adoring wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Family was always most important to her. She made it her priority that as the duty stations changed over the years, she would put forth thoughtful and loving effort into making her family’s new home just as beautiful and inviting as the last one. She dedicated herself to raising her four children as she carried on with the many duties of a devoted military wife. She was especially proud of her close involvement in the Navy Ombudsman Program in which she was a liaison who worked to connect and support other military families. She prided herself in always being of service to others as she volunteered her time with a caring and giving heart. She assisted in her children’s schools, taught piano, participated in Girl Scouting as a young girl and then later as an adult troop leader.
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