Diane Moyers

1938 - 2023

Our beloved Diane Moyers (Doak) passed away on April 28th, at the age of 85, of natural

causes, in Portland, Oregon. She was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia and by third grade

lived in Fort Collins where she graduated from Fort Collins High School in 1956. Diane married

Mike Moyers in 1959 and they raised four children. They lived in Athens, Georgia, Walla Walla

Washington, Alamosa and Colorado Springs, Colorado, Cadillac, Michigan, Susanville and

Janesville, California before Diane returned to her beloved Fort Collins, Colorado. She lived

there for nearly 34 more years before moving to Portland, Oregon, to live close to her children

and grandchildren.

Diane loved her career as an elementary teacher at Janesville, Cache La Poudre, and

Shepardson Elementary Schools in Colorado. She especially loved teaching sixth-grade science and took many students on both day excursions and longer trips like rafting the Colorado River

and participated in the Bob Doak Science Camp, founded by her father.

Diane was an intelligent, independent, and very kind person with a gentle soul and a quick

sense of humor. She stayed engaged with people throughout her life and nature for her entire

life. In Colorado, she participated in Stephen Ministries for many years and was a member of

PEO.

Diane loved birds and she loved to travel. She took many international biking and walking trips

with Experience Plus. She also loved to hike in Rocky Mountain National Park and spent many

happy hours there. Diane was an avid reader and talented quilter, making and gifting quilts to

many people she loved. She spent the past three years living in Portland, Oregon near her

children and grandchildren, volunteering as a greeter where she lived, attending concerts,

playing cribbage, enjoying great food at family gatherings, and rocking the daily Wordle game!

Her “happy place” was taking daily walks around her neighborhood, appreciating nature and

engaging with people she met along the way.

She is survived by many who love her and will miss her very much. These include her children,

Kathy (and Tony Dal Molin) Wolff, Michael (and Annalee) Moyers, Mark Moyers (deceased),

and KellyAnn Aldrich (and Rob Aldrich), all of Portland, her grandchildren, Adam (and Anya) Forest, Laurel (and

Kevin) Barnum, Clara Wolff, Sten Moyers, Logan Aldrich, and Piper Aldrich, her great

grandchildren, Oliver and Maxwell Forest, her siblings, Bob (and Roz) Doak of Fort Collins,

Colorado, and Louise (and Jim Allen) Whitney-Allen of East Lansing, Michigan. Other family members include Ethan (and Renee) Doak and their daughters, Emily and Maddie, Thayne (and Julie) Doak, Ian

Whitney, Alasdair (and Arrthy) Whitney, and Andrew Whitney.

The family asks that any donations be sent to Doctors without Borders. There will be a

Celebration of her Life on September, 9th at 2:00 pm at Friends meeting house at 2222 W Vine Drive, Fort Collins, Colorado.