Diane S. Huebner
Diane S. Huebner
July 9, 1935-December 27, 2023
Diane S. Huebner, age 88 of Bay View Park in Bethany Beach, Delaware passed away on December 27, 2023, at Beebe hospital.
Diane was an only child, born in Abington, Pa. The family moved to Delaware during the early 1940’s. Her mother, Anna P. Smith, and father, Dr. Sydney W. Smith OD, cherished their daughter. Diane grew up playing the piano, riding her horses on the farm in Newark and shuttling to Marthas Vineyard in the summers to see her grandfather who lived on the island year-round. Diane attended Newark High School and graduated from Skidmore College. Diane was irreplaceable and adored by everyone she touched and knew. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother and partner; marrying her high school sweetheart, William Alan Huebner, in 1957. They had known one another for 71 years.
Diane and Alan started their life together and built their family in Cincinnati, Ohio, residing there for 12 years before moving to Amherst, NH in 1970. They lived in NH until 1995. Diane was a trailblazer as she balanced a full-time career while raising three (3) children with Alan in New Hampshire. She earned a master’s degree, CAGS in counseling, which she applied to her twenty-three-year career as a Middle school and Junior HS guidance counselor in Nashua, NH.
Diane and Alan retired in 1995 to Bethany Beach in their newly refurbished and redesigned home in the original cottage that had been purchased by Diane’s family in 1960. Together Diane and Alan flourished in retirement which included 28 years at the beach. Flounder fishing was an early hobby she shared with her grandchildren; everyone had a pole but Diane, who used a hand line, a skill acquired from summers on the Vineyard. Diane and Alan skied around the world including New Zealand as well as 80+ resorts in North America. The coffee mugs from each of the 80+ resorts adorn their kitchen as evidence. They traveled around the world including river trips through Western Europe, Russia and Australia. Diane was especially gifted and worked hard at her crafts; her skills included sewing, needlepoint and especially a “PhD” in knitting. She touched hundreds of people with her knitting; sweaters, blankets and especially baby outfits for family as well as many donated to non-profits in Sussex County. She boldly took up golf to join Alan on the links and they enjoyed 27 years as members of the Cripple Creek Golf and Country Club.
Diane was preceded in death by her son, Dr. David A. Huebner O.D. (Pam Huebner). She is survived by her husband, Alan, of Bethany Beach, married 66 years. In addition, she is survived by her daughter Cynthia Huebner Fagan of Hampton Falls, NH (Alfred) and Bruce Huebner (Stefanie Pahlavan) of Lone Tree, CO. She is survived by nine grandchildren: Andrew, Eric, Meghan, William, Geoffrey, Katherine, Paige, Brad and Mark and five great grandchildren: Greta, Dawson, Elliot, Zuri and Claire.
In lieu of flowers the family is requesting donations be made in Diane’s memory to DE Center for the Inland Bays. Delaware Center For The Inland Bays
A local memorial service is being planned soon and a family memorial will happen in the summer of 2024.