ALBANY- Diana Y. Ragone, 66, of Albany died on September 21, 2014 with her family at her side. She was born in Albany, on April 26th 1948, and retired from NYS Taxation and Finance. Diana was the daughter of the late Anthony Deso and survived by her mother Viola Deso; her husband Wayne Ragone; her sister Antoinette Smith; her son John Hitchcock and his wife Lori; her son Guy Maikels; her grandchildren John and Karista Hitchcock, and her niece Antoinette C. Smith and her nephew Dennis Nopper.
Calling hours will be on Tuesday from 4pm to 7pm at New Comer Cannon Funeral Home, 343 New Karner Rd, Colonie. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10am on Wednesday at the Cathedral Of Immaculate Conception, 125 Eagle Street, Albany. After the Mass, burial will be at St. Agnes Cemetery, Cemetery Ave Menands.