Diane Lynn York-Powers

May 26, 1947 - December 2, 2014

Diane Lynn York-Powers, 67, of St. Joseph died Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center after an extended illness. A visitation will take place from 1:00 to 4:00 Saturday, December 6 at the Dey-Florin Chapel of Florin Funeral Services in St. Joseph. The mass celebrating her life will be at 11:00 Tuesday, December 9 at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Benton Harbor with a luncheon to follow. Please make memorial contributions to St. Bernard’s Catholic Church. Please share memories, messages or photos at www.florin.net. Diane was born in Monongahela, PA and moved to St. Joseph 39 years ago. She was an active member of St. Bernard’s Catholic Church. For over 20 years she worked as a counselor for Alanon and attended bible studies at First Church of God in St. Joseph. She worked at the Social Security office for about 30 years as a Services Representative where she retired. She was always smiling, positive, passionate for God and family, selfless with a tremendous sense of humor and a beautiful heart. She is survived by her children Eric “Tammy” York of Benton Harbor, Kimberly “Chad” Ream of Portage, MI, Gary “Alainya” Powers of Laquey, MO, her mother Pauline Sakely of Bridgman, sister Toni Hauch of Benton Harbor. Diane also had 9 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild, many nieces and nephews and several close friends “Just like Family”. She was preceded in death by her father Tony Sakely and sister Sandy Bevilacqua.