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By Richard Lykes
Special to the Rappahannock News
Some 150 friends gathered Sunday afternoon in the auditorium of Wakefield Country Day School to bid farewell to Rappahannock resident Diana Bird who passed away on Jan. 30 at the age of 81.
The memorial service at the Flint Hill school saluted her for her fierce advocacy of social justice, determined intellectual and political curiosity, enthusiastic promotion of the arts, and as a devoted mother and wife.
Her husband of 55 years, Lee Bird—an attorney and former administrative judge at the Department of Defense—said that in keeping with the Quaker Meetingstyle of service wished by his wife, this would be a time to meditate and reflect on what Diana Bird meant to people in Rappahannock County.
“We have a large wicker basket of cards and condolences in our home which attests to the many acts of kindness performed by Diana in the community,” Bird, who lives on Fodderstack Road, told the gathering.
According to Bird, his wife’s personal quest for fulfillment largely came in the political arena and in the art world. He said his wife wanted to make it “fun to be a Democrat.” Still, he said, “she was a fierce Democrat.”
Another of her consuming passions was art and she served as president of the Rappahannock Association for the Arts and the Community (RAAC). She also authored reviews of art exhibits for the Rappahannock News. Earlier in her life, Mrs. Bird taught English and literature at Madeira School in McLean, Va. She also was an avid reader of poetry and often the Birds read poetry to each other before bedtime.
However, her consuming passion in life, according to many who spoke
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