Diane Peterson Ale passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 19, 2020 after a 16-year battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. She was 82 years old. Born and raised in the Panama Canal Zone to the late Dorothy Eder Peterson and Walter George Peterson, she was a graduate of Cristobal High School in the Panama Canal Zone and the State University of NY in Binghamton where she obtained her nursing degree. She dedicated her life to the care of others and served as a registered nurse with the SC Department of Mental Health in Columbia, SC for over 28 years before her retirement in 2005. She knew from a very young age that she wanted to be a nurse to relieve the suffering of others, and this desire to serve others shone through in everything she did.
Diane is pre-deceased by her husband, James Ale, her son-in-law Rance Garrett, grandsons Homer Sturges and Claren Garrett, and by her brother, Walter Peterson. She is survived by her daughters Mary Valenzuela (Antonio), and Patricia Ale Garrett; her grandchildren Ethan Goodnow, James Sturges, Simon Sturges, Joe Sturges, Mary Sturges, Kate Sturges, Linus Sturges, Zoe Sturges, and Noah Garrett; her brother Richard Peterson (June), and her sister Nancy Peterson (Rebecca). The family would like to acknowledge and thank her caregiver of many years, Rosevelyn Batson Cooper, for her loving care of Diane through this long illness.
Due to current quarantine and travel restrictions, and memorial service will not be held at this time. Per her wishes, Diane’s ashes will be interred at her mother’s gravesite at the Corozal American Cemetery in Corozal, Panama. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made online to the Alzheimer’s Association, or to Earle Street Baptist Church at 225 West Earle Street, Greenville, SC 29609.
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