Diane (Richmond) Simpson, 80, passed away in the presence of her family at Baptist Hospital East on June 29, 2010. Born on November 26, 1929.
Diane was the granddaughter of Lincoln Dixon, a U.S. Congressman from Indiana, and the daughter of her beloved parents, Colonel Charles Blair Richmond and Dorothy Dixon Richmond.
Colonel Richmond was president of Kentucky Military Institute in Lyndon, KY and Venice, FL, one of the oldest private military preparatory schools in the country. Diane was an honorary member of the KMI cadet corps, and met her future husband, William Taylor Simpson, when he joined the KMI faculty. She was a fixture on the bench for countless KMI basketball games coached by her husband and was called for a technical foul on at least one occasion. Diane was also director of the Country Day Camp at KMI for many years, which provided summer activities for young campers and employment for Louisville area teenagers.
Diane was a graduate of the Louisville Collegiate School and many of her Collegiate classmates remained her dear friends for life. She received a B.S. degree in religion from Sweetbriar College in Virginia.
Diane was active in community affairs, including the Junior League of Louisville and the Metro United Way, and served on the Board of Directors at Camp Piomingo. She was a member of, and authored the visitor guide for, the Children's Hospital Auxiliary, and was a regular volunteer at Kosair Children's Hospital, where she cared for premature babies in the neonatal unit.
Diane, a devout Episcopalian, was a communicant at St. Francis in the Fields for over 40 years, where she taught church school, served on the Vestry, and completed a three-year ministry course. More recently she joined St. Matthews Episcopal Church, which she found to be a spiritually fulfilling environment for the last five years of her life.
Diane is survived by Bill, her husband of 58 years, her sons, Kennedy (Sara), Richmond (Susan) and Taylor (Melinda); and the grandchildren she adored, Tierney, Storey, Blair, Will, Palmer, Maclin, Ryan and Darcy Simpson.
Visitation will be held between 3-7 p.m. Thursday, July 1, 2010 . After a private burial at Cave Hill Cemetery, there will be a memorial service on at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Matthews Episcopal Church, 330 N. Hubbards Lane.
Published in The Courier-Journal on July 1, 2010
Diane was the granddaughter of Lincoln Dixon, a U.S. Congressman from Indiana, and the daughter of her beloved parents, Colonel Charles Blair Richmond and Dorothy Dixon Richmond.
Colonel Richmond was president of Kentucky Military Institute in Lyndon, KY and Venice, FL, one of the oldest private military preparatory schools in the country. Diane was an honorary member of the KMI cadet corps, and met her future husband, William Taylor Simpson, when he joined the KMI faculty. She was a fixture on the bench for countless KMI basketball games coached by her husband and was called for a technical foul on at least one occasion. Diane was also director of the Country Day Camp at KMI for many years, which provided summer activities for young campers and employment for Louisville area teenagers.
Diane was a graduate of the Louisville Collegiate School and many of her Collegiate classmates remained her dear friends for life. She received a B.S. degree in religion from Sweetbriar College in Virginia.
Diane was active in community affairs, including the Junior League of Louisville and the Metro United Way, and served on the Board of Directors at Camp Piomingo. She was a member of, and authored the visitor guide for, the Children's Hospital Auxiliary, and was a regular volunteer at Kosair Children's Hospital, where she cared for premature babies in the neonatal unit.
Diane, a devout Episcopalian, was a communicant at St. Francis in the Fields for over 40 years, where she taught church school, served on the Vestry, and completed a three-year ministry course. More recently she joined St. Matthews Episcopal Church, which she found to be a spiritually fulfilling environment for the last five years of her life.
Diane is survived by Bill, her husband of 58 years, her sons, Kennedy (Sara), Richmond (Susan) and Taylor (Melinda); and the grandchildren she adored, Tierney, Storey, Blair, Will, Palmer, Maclin, Ryan and Darcy Simpson.
Visitation will be held between 3-7 p.m. Thursday, July 1, 2010 . After a private burial at Cave Hill Cemetery, there will be a memorial service on at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Matthews Episcopal Church, 330 N. Hubbards Lane.
Published in The Courier-Journal on July 1, 2010
Diane (Richmond) Simpson, 80, passed away in the presence of her family at Baptist Hospital East on June 29, 2010. Born on November 26, 1929.
Diane was the granddaughter of Lincoln Dixon, a U.S. Congressman from Indiana, and the daughter of her beloved parents, Colonel Charles Blair Richmond and Dorothy Dixon Richmond.
Colonel Richmond was president of Kentucky Military Institute in Lyndon, KY and Venice, FL, one of the oldest private military preparatory schools in the country. Diane was an honorary member of the KMI cadet corps, and met her future husband, William Taylor Simpson, when he joined the KMI faculty. She was a fixture on the bench for countless KMI basketball games coached by her husband and was called for a technical foul on at least one occasion. Diane was also director of the Country Day Camp at KMI for many years, which provided summer activities for young campers and employment for Louisville area teenagers.
Diane was a graduate of the Louisville Collegiate School and many of her Collegiate classmates remained her dear friends for life. She received a B.S. degree in religion from Sweetbriar College in Virginia.
Diane was active in community affairs, including the Junior League of Louisville and the Metro United Way, and served on the Board of Directors at Camp Piomingo. She was a member of, and authored the visitor guide for, the Children's Hospital Auxiliary, and was a regular volunteer at Kosair Children's Hospital, where she cared for premature babies in the neonatal unit.
Diane, a devout Episcopalian, was a communicant at St. Francis in the Fields for over 40 years, where she taught church school, served on the Vestry, and completed a three-year ministry course. More recently she joined St. Matthews Episcopal Church, which she found to be a spiritually fulfilling environment for the last five years of her life.
Diane is survived by Bill, her husband of 58 years, her sons, Kennedy (Sara), Richmond (Susan) and Taylor (Melinda); and the grandchildren she adored, Tierney, Storey, Blair, Will, Palmer, Maclin, Ryan and Darcy Simpson.
Visitation will be held between 3-7 p.m. Thursday, July 1, 2010 . After a private burial at Cave Hill Cemetery, there will be a memorial service on at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Matthews Episcopal Church, 330 N. Hubbards Lane.
Published in The Courier-Journal on July 1, 2010
Diane was the granddaughter of Lincoln Dixon, a U.S. Congressman from Indiana, and the daughter of her beloved parents, Colonel Charles Blair Richmond and Dorothy Dixon Richmond.
Colonel Richmond was president of Kentucky Military Institute in Lyndon, KY and Venice, FL, one of the oldest private military preparatory schools in the country. Diane was an honorary member of the KMI cadet corps, and met her future husband, William Taylor Simpson, when he joined the KMI faculty. She was a fixture on the bench for countless KMI basketball games coached by her husband and was called for a technical foul on at least one occasion. Diane was also director of the Country Day Camp at KMI for many years, which provided summer activities for young campers and employment for Louisville area teenagers.
Diane was a graduate of the Louisville Collegiate School and many of her Collegiate classmates remained her dear friends for life. She received a B.S. degree in religion from Sweetbriar College in Virginia.
Diane was active in community affairs, including the Junior League of Louisville and the Metro United Way, and served on the Board of Directors at Camp Piomingo. She was a member of, and authored the visitor guide for, the Children's Hospital Auxiliary, and was a regular volunteer at Kosair Children's Hospital, where she cared for premature babies in the neonatal unit.
Diane, a devout Episcopalian, was a communicant at St. Francis in the Fields for over 40 years, where she taught church school, served on the Vestry, and completed a three-year ministry course. More recently she joined St. Matthews Episcopal Church, which she found to be a spiritually fulfilling environment for the last five years of her life.
Diane is survived by Bill, her husband of 58 years, her sons, Kennedy (Sara), Richmond (Susan) and Taylor (Melinda); and the grandchildren she adored, Tierney, Storey, Blair, Will, Palmer, Maclin, Ryan and Darcy Simpson.
Visitation will be held between 3-7 p.m. Thursday, July 1, 2010 . After a private burial at Cave Hill Cemetery, there will be a memorial service on at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Matthews Episcopal Church, 330 N. Hubbards Lane.
Published in The Courier-Journal on July 1, 2010
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