We got word from Carolyn McGaha that Diane Fuhs passed away on April 30, 2014.  Carolyn shared that while not feeling well, Diane went to the doctor concerned about blood clots in her legs and, after further testing, cancer was found and it was determined to be too far advanced for treatment.  The following was the obituary listed in the Times Record News

Susan Diane Hancock, 58, a lifelong resident of Wichita Falls, died Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at United Regional Hospital of Wichita Falls.  A Memoria Service is pending and will be subsequently announced under the direction of Hampton Vaughan Funeral Home.

Diane was born September 30, 1955 to Mary Sue (Cunningham) and Charles Fuhs, Jr.  She married Kendal Hancock and together they raised two children.  Diane obtained her bahcelor's degree in education from Midwestern State University while working at the MSU print shop.  She taught first grade at Alamo Elementary School from 1978 through this past month (April 2014).  She was especially proud to be lifelong friends with many past and present teachers at Alamo who became her extended family.  She was a longtime member of the Wichita Falls Ballet Theater starring in many local productions.  She loved teaching, ballet, volunteering at local pet adoptions, gardening, cooking and spending time on her brother's ranch in south Texas.

Diane was preceded in death by her parents.

Survivors include brother Chuck Fuhs and spouse Chris Hlavinka of Houston; daughter, Shelley Hancock and her partner Josh Wells of Swansboro, North Carolina; son Benjamin Hancock, wife Rachel and soon-to-be born granddaughter Evelyn of Sugar Land, Texas, and her beloved dogs, Tucker and Marley.  The family honors the many friends and fellow Alamo School teachers who provided so much support and inspiration in her final days braving cancer, and for whom she was honored in a celebration of life before her untimely passing.

If desired, memorials may be made to Hospice of Wichita Falls, 4909 Johnson Road, 76310, the Humane Society of Wichita County, PO Box 3648, 76301, or the P.E.T.S Low Cost Spay and Neuter Clinic, 400 Bridge St., Wichita Falls, TX 76306.

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