Diana Walton

WALTON, Diana (Powell) Died in Philadelphia, PA, August 1, 2008 of pancreatic cancer. She was 63. Born in Conneaut, OH to Lois and Gerald Powell, she attended Otterbein College in Westerville, OH and was a soloist with Otterbein's A Cappella Choir. She graduated from the Flora Stone Mather College of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. She studied voice at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Metropolitan Opera legend, Eleanor Steber. She sang with Sarah Caldwell's Opera Company of Boston, Boston Lyric Opera and Artists International. She was a soloist with the First Baptist Church In Newton. She earned a Masters Degree in Human Resources Management from Lesley University, Cambridge, MA. She was Director of Human Resources for GPC Biotech, Princeton, NJ. Besides singing, she loved gardening. Vacations were designed around visiting America's finest gardens. She is survived by her husband of 42 years, Albie Walton, daughter Vanessa Keefe, and the apple of her eye, granddaughter Lilly Keefe, and brother James Powell. Donations may be made to Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, 2141 Rosecrans Ave., Suite 7000 
El Segundo, CA 90245.