Diana Kay Miller Riggs

Diana Kay Miller was born Aug 27, 1947 by parents Alma Grace Yates and Harry Orr Miller in Los Angeles, CA. Harry passed from a work accident in 1949, so Diana was raised by her mom and her mom's parents, Annie and George Yates in San Gabriel. Diana was a Job's Daughter as her father was a Shriner and Mason. She was very talented; she played the piano, clarinet and was in choir throughout school. After graduating San Gabriel High School, she focused on going to beautician school for working with hair. Her mom was her guinea pig from colors to perms.  She dated a man named Dana Riggs at the end of high school and then rekindled their relationship after he returned from Vietnam. She worked as a secretary for the Los Angeles Times newspaper during that time. They were wed and moved to Huntington Beach after buying a home. There they had two daughters, Dori Ann in 1974 and Brenda Louise in 1976. She was a homemaker and full time stay at home mother until Brenda was 11 yrs old. At that time she and Dana divorced and she returned to the workforce. As an adult she made extraordinary drawings, crocheted, baked treats and painted amazing things from oil painting of a ghost pirate ships to simple animal faces that she painted onto sweatshirts for her two daughters. She always made the holidays extra special with her cooking and decor. After taking care of her mother for many years, Alma Grace Miller passed just after her 91st birthday. Diana stayed with Dori and her family and then moved to Riverside to be close to Brenda and her family. Diana was able to spend quality time with all her grandchildren, as well as her daughters making many memories together. She loved rocks and crystals. Everywhere we went she was looking down for the jewels in the rocks. In the end, she had broken first her right femur then her left, a few years between the two. The rehab she went to did not get her up and running as expected and she decided she was ready to rest. She accepted Jesus as her savior and spent the remainder of her days awaiting the golden gates to open as she danced her way into heaven with her family awaiting with open arms. She passed peacefully with the praises of the Lord in her ears on July 12, 2025. She leaves behind her two daughters, Dori Leachman and her husband Tom, granddaughter Haley and grandson Jesse, and daughter Brenda Martinez, her husband Juan Martín along with granddaughter Abigail and grandson Sergio. She will be missed by many but we celebrate in her never ending peace in heaven.