Diane L

Brown

Diane L. Brown, caring wife of the late John Brown and loving mother to Stacie Brown Riccio, left this world on June 23, 2023, after a six-month

battle with heart failure and cancer. She was 78 years old. Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, she was the youngest daughter of Rocco and Rose

Giardiello. After she and John married on May 28, 1966, they chased their dreams and moved to the Panama Canal Zone where John  had served

in the United States Army. He went on to serve in the Panama Canal Zone Police Department and in 1974, became a Deputy United States

Marshall. They both relished their time in Panama and deeply cherished the amazing lifelong friends they made there and in 1976 they moved to

Columbia, South Carolina. Diane was extremely active in her community.. She worked for the Richland School District and served as Chairman

of the Board of Directors for Midlands Epilepsy Association. It was in Columbia that Diane discovered her love  and talent for baking and designing

Custom Wedding Cakes. She started her own cake-decorating business and took great pride and satisfaction in her ability to create amazing

cakes and core memories for hundreds of families and couples.  She and her family returned to Berks County in 1985 and moved to

Douglassville, Pa. It was there Diane began working for the Daniel Boone School District. She served in various roles there and was the

Truancy officer for the Daniel Boone School District.and the faculty staff advisor for the Interact Club where she enjoyed immense popularity

among the staff and students alike. She continued to grow her custom cake business, evenly personally delivering her delicious creations

as far away as Annapolis, Maryland.

She and John moved to Wyomissing, Pa in 1999 and it was there Diane became heavily involved in the Heart's  Promise  Sheltie Rescue

and at any given time had several rescue and foster Shelties in her Care.  She is predeceased in death by her parents, husband John, and her

older Sister Maryann Rimby. She is survived by her daughter, Stacie wife of Joseph Riccio of Middleburg, Virginia.

In lieu of Flowers, The Family requests you donate to your favorite charity in Memory of Diane L Brown or to Asera Care Hospice

Amedisys Foundation.     Services are being handled privately by the family