Linda Diane Lupini

Linda Diane Lupini, 73, of Eldorado, Oklahoma, passed away at Jackson County Memorial Hospital on Thursday, September 5, 2024. Diane will be lying in state at Kincannon Funeral Home for public viewing from 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM on Saturday, September 7th. The family will greet friends from 3:00 - 5:00 PM on Sunday, September 8th, at the Eldorado Kincannon Chapel. Services are scheduled for 2:00 PM on Monday, September 9th, at the Eldorado First Baptist Church with Pastor Jimmie Williams officiating. Burial will immediately follow at the Eldorado Cemetery under the care of Kincannon Funeral Home and Cremation Service.

Diane was born to Charles Polk and Dorothy Jo (Richeson) Crozier on April 20, 1951, in Quanah, Texas. She graduated from Eldorado High School in 1969 as Valedictorian and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Eldorado. After high school, Diane moved to southeastern Oklahoma where she was a homemaker and mother to her three daughters. She later graduated from Kiamichi Technology Center in Durant and obtained her LPN license. Diane worked for over thirty years in the nursing field at Mangum and Hollis hospitals where she retired. 

Diane loved to play cards and other games with her family. During many family holidays, she and her siblings, along with her mom, could be found at the kitchen table playing games, laughing, and sometimes cheating. She also enjoyed reading, sewing, and completing crossword puzzles. 

Diane was preceded in death by her father, Polk; brother, Eddie Wayne Crozier; sister, Debbie Crozier Springs; grandson, Adam Stephens; and granddaughter, Kelli Jo Wright.

She is survived by her mother, Dorothy (Eldorado); brother, Jimmy Crozier and wife, Kathy (Eldorado); daughters, Debbie Stephens (Altus), Jennifer White (Eldorado), and Emily Wright (Altus); grandchildren, Monica Yocham (Lawton), Shelby White (Altus), Blake Gutierrez and husband, Corey (Eldorado), Alyssa White (Pryor), Kristen Marsh and husband, Josh (Altus), Michaela Wright (Altus), Nick Wright (Altus), and Jarrod Peters (Eldorado);14 great-grandchildren; and many beloved cousins, nieces, and nephews. 

Online tributes may be made at www.kincannonfuneralhome.com.