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Diana Miles Kittredge, dearly beloved wife, mother, grandma and great grandma (fondly known also as Gamie and GG (GiGi) died peacefully in her sleep Friday, October 26, 2018 at age 93 in her apartment at the Terraces – San Joaquin Gardens. Diana was born to Thomas and Blodwen (Evans) Miles on August 31, 1925 in Glamorgan South Wales, UK. The family moved from Wales to the costal town of Bournemouth, England, where she attended Bournemouth School for Girls and later entered Miss Casanders College for Young Ladies. During WWII the family was relocated inland to Andover, England. Here at the age of 14 she became youth Air Raid Warden and helped put out many incendiary bombs with her pails of sand and shovel. Later, at the end of WWII as a civilian employee of the British Foreign Offices “Control Commission Germany”, she covered many war crimes trials in the British Zone of Germany as a Court Stenographer. This led to her becoming, while still in Germany, PA (personal secretary) to Major General Dalton and then Brigadier General Ransome, both of whom were a part of the British Foreign Office. During this time she met and fell in love with her darling, ever patient and loving husband, Robert E. Kittredge. They married July 7, 1955 at a little old church in Long Marsten, Yorkshire, England. She is survived by her husband, Bob, to whom she was married 63 years; their four children Dawne Kittredge in Pleasanton, David Kittredge in San Francisco, Paul Kittredge and wife Janice in Walnut Creek, Susan Cooper and husband Mark in Poway; plus six grandchildren Hilary Halliday and husband Jeff, Lauren Blaik and husband Geoff (living in Australia), Ashley Galvez and husband Michael, Adam Kittredge and wife Andrea, Hannah Cooper and Kelsey Cooper; and great-grandchildren Max, Livi, Ari, Ava Grace, Grayson and Madison. Diana had a wonderful life and felt grateful for all her blessings. A memorial service for Diana will be held at St. James Episcopal Cathedral, 4147 E. Dakota Avenue, Fresno on Saturday, December 8, 2:00 p.m., followed by a Celebration of Life reception in the Zoe Eden Community Hall behind the Cathedral. In lieu of flowers Diana would invite any remembrance to be sent to Poverello House or Hinds Hospice in Fresno.

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Diana Miles Kittredge

August 31, 1925 - October 26, 2018