Diane Louise LATTIN

1942 - 2004  (62 years)

• Name	Diane Louise LATTIN
  Born	07 Jul 1942	Washington, DC
  Gender	Female
  Died	16 Aug 2004	Charlottesville, VA
  Person ID	I1491	TAP
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	Ward Elgin LATTIN,   b. 30 Jul 1905,   d. 25 Mar 1985  (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Geneva SCHUELER
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F870	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  She grew up in Bethesda, Md. At the age of twelve, she became a paraplegic. She graduated from American University with an under-graduate degree in communications and a master's degree in counseling. Throughout her life, she was an active advocate for the disabled and civil rights for all. Her last job at the President's Committee on employment of the handicapped she served as editor of their national magazine, Performance, later titled Disabled U.S.A. She traveled within the United States and abroad to help educate and inform people about disabilities. She spent the later years of her life in Charlottesville enjoying the companionship of her lov-ing family and adoring dogs. She delighted in her nieces and was their "Auntie Mame." Diane lived her life her way not knowing the meaning of "you can't do that." She was re-spected and admired for her intelligence, tenacity, independence, wit, strength and gener-osity. Source for the above: Obituary in Charlottesville Daily Progress on August 18, 2004