Diana Deliniks Schaumann ’55

Diana Deliniks Schaumann ’55, of Norwalk, Conn.; Feb. 13. While attending Brown, she was one of the founding members of the Chattertocks. After college, she went to work at New York Life in Manhattan. She married and settled in Norwalk to raise her family. As her children grew, she continued her own studies at the University of Bridgeport and became an accredited elementary educator. She went on to teach grade school in the Norwalk school system for many years. She was equally supportive of her students at Fox Run, Columbus, and the other schools where she taught over the years. She remained a faithful parishioner at St. Jerome’s Catholic Church in Norwalk for as long as she could continue to attend Mass and volunteered in a number of parish community activities and charitable causes. She enjoyed reading, travel, art, music, visiting historic places, gardening, trying out new recipes, tennis and paddle tennis, golf, shopping, and any form of socializing. She especially enjoyed beach visits up and down the U.S. coasts, including annual family vacations on Cape Cod, but even more enjoyable was her own screened-in porch and spending time with her kids and grandkids—and anyone else’s kids—who were always invited to come use the pool and have a snack and a drink. She is survived by three children and their spouses, including daughter Kathrin Schaumann Gaffney ’84; six grandchildren; a sister; and several nieces and nephews.