Diane Lang Kurtz, a Sweet Home native, passed gently away March 25, 2022, in Hardy, Va.
Diane was born May 28, 1947, to Royce Lang and Ruth McMaster Lang.
Her grandfather, John Thomas McMaster, was mayor of Sweet Home in 1912-1913.
During hot Sweet Home summers, Diane’s mom Ruth would pack a picnic lunch and the family would pick Royce up after work at Santiam Lumber and go down to the Santiam River near their…