{"id":8980,"date":"2010-01-19T21:16:06","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T02:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=8980"},"modified":"2010-01-19T23:03:02","modified_gmt":"2010-01-20T04:03:02","slug":"animal-lover-stanger-overcame-profound-obstacles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2010\/01\/19\/animal-lover-stanger-overcame-profound-obstacles\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal lover Stanger overcame profound obstacles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Animal lover Stanger overcame profound obstacles<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Tunette M. Powell – Express-News<\/p>\n

Posted: 01\/18\/2010<\/p>\n

Diana Minerva Stanger was born with lemons. But the \u201cfeisty, strong-minded
\ngirl that wouldn\u2019t budge\u201d turned them into lemonade at a young age, her
\nfamily said.<\/p>\n

Born deaf and with serious heart problems, Stanger underwent open heart
\nsurgery when she was just 2. The hearing impairment and the operation that
\nmany believed would sideline her childhood didn\u2019t get in the way of frequent
\ncamping trips and competitive dodge ball games.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was never an obstacle for her,\u201d said her sister, Rachel Esther
\nVillanueva. \u201cWe were taught to treat her the same, and she became very
\nindependent at a young age.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was the same for Stanger as she became an adult, battling diabetes and
\nthe realization that she couldn\u2019t have children. Instead of allowing it to
\nbreak her, Stanger battled diabetes for 25 years and became a surrogate
\nmother to a cat and dog.<\/p>\n

Stanger died at her home in Spring Branch on Saturday from complications of
\ndiabetes. She was 45.<\/p>\n

Stanger attended the Sunshine Cottage School for the Deaf until she was 10.
\nThere she learned to read lips.<\/p>\n

After she completed elementary school at Sunshine, Stanger\u2019s parents
\nenrolled her in public school in Crystal City. She was on the cheerleading
\nsquad, something her sister said Stanger enjoyed.<\/p>\n

Stanger then moved to Austin to complete high school at the Texas State
\nSchool for the Deaf. While there she worked for the IRS field office as a
\nfile clerk. Stanger, who stood 4 feet, 11 inches tall, also played on the
\nschool\u2019s basketball team.<\/p>\n

It was at the state school that she met David Paul Stanger, who later became
\nher husband of 24 years. David, also deaf, went on to earn a bachelor\u2019s
\ndegree before marrying Stanger when she was 21. Their wedding ceremony was
\nconducted in American Sign Language.<\/p>\n

The two lived in Clear Lake for nearly 10 years before moving to Spring
\nBranch, where Stanger taught commands in sign language to her cat, named
\nOrange, and her dog, Apple.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe loved children but couldn\u2019t have any,\u201d Villanueva said. \u201cThat\u2019s where
\nthe animal love came from.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stanger, who also had rabbits, chickens and gerbils at different times in
\nher life, defended the animals as though they were her children. When family
\nmembers joked with Stanger about getting rid of them, she\u2019d sign, \u201cIf you
\ndon\u2019t like them, you can stay at a Motel 6.\u201d<\/p>\n

Diana Minerva Stanger<\/p>\n

BORN: Dec. 8, 1964, in San Antonio<\/p>\n

DIED: Jan. 16, 2010, in Spring Branch<\/p>\n

SURVIVED BY: Her husband, David Paul Stanger; mother, Raquel Diaz; sister,
\nRachel Esther Villanueva; and brothers, Daniel B. Diaz, Edward I. Diaz, and
\nCarlos A. Diaz.<\/p>\n

SERVICES: Visitation will be from 1-7 p.m. today at Castillo Mission Funeral
\nHome at 520 N. General McMullen. The visitation will end with a prayer
\nservice at 7 p.m. There will be chapel service at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the
\nfuneral home, followed by interment at Earthman Memorial Gardens Cemetery in
\nBaytown.<\/p>\n

Source:
\n http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/obituaries\/82019982.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Animal lover Stanger overcame profound obstacles By Tunette M. Powell – Express-News Posted: 01\/18\/2010 Diana Minerva Stanger was born with lemons. But the \u201cfeisty, strong-minded girl that wouldn\u2019t budge\u201d turned them into lemonade at a young age, her family said.…<\/p>\n

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