Diana Ritchie

RITCHIE Diana Maxine (nee Haas) Died peacefully after a short illness in
Framfield, East Sussex on March 7, 2016. Daughter of the late Max and Marian Haas. Sister of Suzanne Stohn, Babs Morrice, Stephanie Boswell and the late Kate Stone. She is survived by her daughter Portia Ritchie,
her son Adam Shoemaker and her grandchildren Lydia Ritchie, Allanah Ritchie, Kandi Ritchie-Stewart, Rianna Shoemaker and Jakob Shoemaker.
She was pre-deceased by her
husband Paul Ritchie.
Born in Toronto in 1933,
she and her sisters all attended
The Bishop Strachan School.
She furthered her education at Middlebury College and at the University of Toronto. After living in Ibiza, Spain during the 1960s she and her husband moved to London.
She lived in England for more
than forty years, including over a decade when she was Headmistress
of Bassett House School in
North Kensington, London.
She adored her summers spent in Pointe au Baril, Ontario with her family and many friends. She will be sorely missed by loved ones in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia and by those who were so close to her in
East Sussex, where she lived
over the past twenty years.
A memorial service will be held at
St. Thomas à Becket Anglican Church, Framfield, East Sussex at 2:00pm on Saturday, March 19, 2016. In lieu of flowers, donations would be gratefully accepted for Listening Books (https://www.listening-books.org.uk/donate-now.aspx) and Clarity for the Blind (CLARITY, Unit 7, Highams Park Industrial Estate, Jubilee Avenue, Highams Park, London E4 9JD). Donations can also be made via Cooper & Son Funeral Directors, Rose Cottage, 11 New Town, Uckfield,
East Sussex, TN22 5DL.