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Diana L. (Costa) Leblanc 1942 - 2009

Diana Lee (Costa) Leblanc of Amarillo, Potter County, TX was born on November 27, 1942 in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York United States. She was married to James E. Leblanc on November 16, 1986 in Potter County, TX, and died at age 66 years old on August 12, 2009 in TX. Diana Leblanc was buried at Llano Cemetery 2900 S Hayes St, in Amarillo, Randall County.

Diana Lee (Costa) Leblanc

Amarillo, Potter County, TX 79107

November 27, 1942

Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, 13021, United States

August 12, 2009

Texas, United States

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See Diana L. (Costa) Leblanc: Obituary.
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1942

Birthday

November 27, 1942

Birthdate

Auburn, Cayuga County, New York 13021, United States

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Nationality & Locations

Born and raised in Auburn, New York, Diana spent the majority of her adulthood in Texas. She is buried in Amarillo, Texas.
Early Life & Education

Diana graduated from Ogdensburg Free Academy in 1961. She also graduated from Central City Business Institute in Syracuse, New York.
Professional Career

Diana worked for Panhandle Community Services for twenty-one years as a bookkeeper and payroll clerk.
Personal Life & Family

Dian Lee (Costa) LeBlanc was born to Paul and Edith Costa. She was predeceased by a sister, Jeanne Elaine Costa and was survived by another sister, Paula, and a brother, David. Diana Lee Costa married James Ernest White Leblanc (1942 - 2012), her high school sweetheart, on November 16, 1963 in Matanuska, Alaska. They had four daughters and one son, Michael Joseph White Leblanc (1967 - 1967).
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2009

Death

August 12, 2009

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Cause of death

Texas United States
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Llano Cemetery 2900 S Hayes St, in Amarillo, Randall County, Texas United States
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Obituary

Diana L. Costa LeBlanc, 66, of Amarillo died Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Cox-LaGrone Funeral Home Benton Chapel, 4180 Canyon Drive, with Jerry Bell officiating. Diana was born Nov. 27, 1942, in Auburn, N.Y., to Paul and Edith Costa. Her family moved to Ogdensburg, N.Y., in 1951, opening California Fruit Market, where Diana worked every day after school. She graduated from Ogdensburg Free Academy in 1961 and also graduated Central City Business Institute in Syracuse, N.Y. On Nov. 16, 1963, she married her high school sweetheart, James LeBlanc, in Ogdensburg. Mrs. LeBlanc and her family moved to Amarillo in 1974 and enjoyed a great life together. Her family was her life; she totally enjoyed her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She worked for Panhandle Community Services for 21 years as a bookkeeper/payroll clerk. She was also a very avid New York Yankees fan, and she was able to enjoy one of the last Yankees games played in the old Yankee Stadium last summer. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was eagerly awaiting the birth of two additional great-grandchildren due in October and November. The family wishes to express their thanks and gratitude to Baptist St. Anthony's Hospital, BSA Hospice and Don & Sybil Harrington Cancer Center, along with the numerous doctors and nurses for their care and concern for Diana during her illness. She was preceded in death by a son, Michael Joseph LeBlanc; her mother and father, Paul and Edith Costa; and a sister, Jeanne Elaine Costa. Survivors include her husband of 46 years, James E. LeBlanc; four daughters, Diana "DeeDee" Rios and husband Leonard, Jamie LeBlanc, Michelle LeBlanc and Jodie Christian and husband Farron; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a sister, Paula Randall of Manchester, N.H.; a brother, David Paul Costa of Manchester; and many other loved ones, including nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice, P.O. Box 950 Amarillo, TX 79105. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. - Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 13, 2009.

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Diana L. (Costa) Leblanc lived 7 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 66.

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In 1942, in the year that Diana L. (Costa) Leblanc was born, on June 17th, Roosevelt approved the Manhattan Project, which lead to the development of the first atomic bomb. With the support of Canada and the United Kingdom, the Project came to employ more than 130,000 people and cost nearly $2 billion. Julius Robert Oppenheimer, a nuclear physicist born in New York, led the Los Alamos Laboratory that developed the actual bomb. The first artificial nuclear explosion took place near Alamogordo New Mexico on July 16, 1945.

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In 1960, when she was 18 years old, on September 26th, the first televised debate for a Presidential campaign in the United States - Kennedy vs Nixon - was held. Seventy million people watched the debate on TV. The debate pre-empted the very popular Andy Griffith Show.

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Diana L. (Costa) Leblanc Nov 27, 1942 - Aug 12, 2009

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