1944 - 2025
Born in Niagara Falls, NY, Diane was the daughter of the late John and Lottie (Turczynski) Tracinski. She was a graduate of Niagara Falls Central High School and attended Erie County Community College.
Diane began her career as a secretary at Speer Carbon Company in Niagara Falls, later working for the Town of Brookfield, Wisconsin, before moving to Massachusetts. She went on to become a realtor and secretary at ERA Key Realty in Franklin, where she was well respected by her colleagues and clients alike.
Throughout her life, Diane lived in Niagara Falls, Buffalo, and Hamburg, NY, as well as Brownsburg, Indiana, and Brookfield, Wisconsin. For the past several years, she called Mendon home, where she was a faithful communicant of St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish.
A lifelong Buffalo Bills fan, Diane also became an enthusiastic supporter of the Boston Red Sox and women’s college basketball. She loved cooking and sharing her traditional Polish-American recipes with family and friends—meals that brought everyone together around the table.
In addition to her husband, Diane is survived by her sons Michael J. Sullivan and his wife Amy of Bluffton, SC, and Patrick J. Sullivan of Chittenden, VT; her beloved grandchildren Jacob and Lauryn Sullivan of South Carolina; and her brothers John Tracinski and his wife Karin of Arizona, and Walter Tracinski and his wife Gretta of Idaho. She is also remembered fondly by many nieces and nephews.
In accordance with her wishes, cremation will take place. Relatives and friends are invited to attend her Mass of Christian Burial at St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish, 151 Mendon Street, Upton, MA, on a day and time to be announced. Burial of her cremains will follow in the Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, MA. There are no funeral home visiting hours.
Arrangements are under the care of the Edwards Memorial Funeral Home, 44 Congress Street, Milford, MA. Please visit www.edwardsmemorialfuneralhome.com for the condolence book.
