Marsha Diane Wood's Obituary
Marsha Diane Wood, age 71, of Dallas passed away Monday January 27, 2023. Celebration of Life Services are scheduled in both Dallas, Texas, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Celebration service in Dallas will be held Saturday February 25, 2003 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM at Everleigh Forestwood 11881 Inwood Rd. Dallas, TX. 75244, in Santa Fe, Celebration service will be held Saturday, February 11, from 3:00 – 5:00 PM in the President’s Room of Rio Chama 414 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87501.
Diane was born December 11, 1951, in Dallas, the daughter of Billy Wood, and Mary (Stone)Wood. She was a graduate of Cedar Hill High School in in Cedar Hill, Texas. Diane served many different roles in New Mexico. Those roles included Voting Right Director, Common Cause; Director of Public Policy, ACLU; Executive Director, New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women; Founder and Director, New Mexico Women’s Foundation; New Mexico representative for CLUW Coalition of Labor Union Women; Organizer of labor union for several grocery chains.
Diane is survived by her sister, Kay Buchanan, stepdaughter, Lorii Rabinowitz and Paul Lhevine and their children Antonia and Zoe Lhevine, stepdaughter, Debbie Abrams and husband Ron, and their children Bayla, Hannah, and Sammy Abrams, along with several nieces and nephews.
Diane was preceded in death by her parents, Billy and Mary Wood, her husband Howard N. Rabinowitz, and her cherished pup Buster Wood.
In lieu of flowers please consider a donation in memory and honor of Diane to:
Crossroads for Women- crossroadsabq.org
Scleroderma Foundation-scleroma.org
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