Diana Macarthur-Stanham (Diana Lanier Kissel), Age 90, died on July 28 at home in Newport, RI.
She was the widow of J. Lawrence Barnard, Alan T. Schumacher, and Quentin Macarthur-Stanham., and is survived by her half sister, Elsa H. Cole, as well as her three daughters, Daphne Barnard Davis, Sylvia Barnard Brown and Pamela Barnard Ruzicka, all of Stonington, CT. Four grandchildren and three great grandchildren also survive her.
She graduated from St. Timothy’s School, Stevenson, Maryland. Her first husband was a Foreign Service officer, who, after postings abroad, retired as Consul General to the Bahamas. After the death of her second husband, she married an Australian, and divided her time between her husband’s property in New South Wales and Newport.
At her death she was a member of The Colony Club in New York and the Spouting Rock Beach Association in Newport.
A private graveside service will be held in Stonington. Donations in her memory to The Boys and Girls Clubs of Newport, 95 Church St., Newport, RI 02408, would be greatly appreciated.
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