Diane Deslandes Wagner
July 21, 1928 ~ June 14, 2014
Diane Wagner, age 85 passed away on June 14, 2014 at home after suffering a stroke in May. She was born Diane Martin Deslandes to Cliff and Blanche Deslandes in Providence Rhode Island on July 21, 1928. She graduated from Brown University (Pembroke) in 1950 and met Richard Wagner at the CIA in Washington.
The two were married in 1955 in Washington DC and had six children. Her husband Richard passed away in 2008 and her eldest child Clifford passed away in January 2014. She is survived by her son Andrew from Houston Texas, her daughter Carol Sargent from Macon Georgia, her son John from St. Petersburg Florida, her son Jeffrey from Vienna Virginia and her son Richard from Leesburg Virginia.
Diane and Richard made their home in Vienna Virginia, and they also served three assignments in Germany with the CIA - in Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt. They returned to Virginia for good in 1977. When the children were older Diane returned to work, with MITRE Corp. as an event planner. She retired from MITRE in 1994.
Diane was active in Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, serving as a Eucharistic Minister at Sunday Mass. She was a dog lover and enjoyed the challenge of crossword puzzles.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 8601 Wolf Trap Rd., Vienna, VA on Saturday, June 21st at 9:30 AM.
Funeral Home:
Money & King Funeral Home
171 W. Maple Ave.
Vienna, VA
US 22180
The two were married in 1955 in Washington DC and had six children. Her husband Richard passed away in 2008 and her eldest child Clifford passed away in January 2014. She is survived by her son Andrew from Houston Texas, her daughter Carol Sargent from Macon Georgia, her son John from St. Petersburg Florida, her son Jeffrey from Vienna Virginia and her son Richard from Leesburg Virginia.
Diane and Richard made their home in Vienna Virginia, and they also served three assignments in Germany with the CIA - in Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt. They returned to Virginia for good in 1977. When the children were older Diane returned to work, with MITRE Corp. as an event planner. She retired from MITRE in 1994.
Diane was active in Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, serving as a Eucharistic Minister at Sunday Mass. She was a dog lover and enjoyed the challenge of crossword puzzles.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 8601 Wolf Trap Rd., Vienna, VA on Saturday, June 21st at 9:30 AM.
Funeral Home:
Money & King Funeral Home
171 W. Maple Ave.
Vienna, VA
US 22180
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My condolences to the Wagner Family. I remember Diane when in 1977, I went to visit my good friend in Prague. My parents had me stop and stay with the Wagners on my way to Prague. I was 17 and nervous about traveling to a communist country. Diane took care of me ..drove me to the airport and reassured me that all will be ok. Diane and Richard were friends and colleagues with my parents, Sally and Dick Dane.