Brenda Sue Diamond-Rose

Brenda Sue Diamond-Rose, age 64, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly at her home in Prescott Valley on 24 January 2022.

Brenda was born in Englewood, CO. After graduating from High School, she enlisted in the Army to learn Russian. After completing the basic and intermediate Russian and several months of technical training she was assigned to her first and only duty station in Augsburg, Germany. It was there that she would meet her future husband, Bob.

Three years later Brenda and Bob were married in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Brenda left the Army in 1982 and she and Bob moved to Maryland almost a year later. In June of 1984 Brenda began working as a language analyst for a national Intelligence Agency.

Brenda was a licensed amateur radio operator (Call sign KB3ATI) and she was also a photographer. In 2004 an image she captured was on the cover a national magazine devoted to Amateur Radio.

Brenda retired from Government service in 2015 and a few months later she and Bob and their son Ryan, moved into their new home in Prescott Valley.

Brenda loved being retired but still kept busy. For a while she was the president of the local garden club and later joined the Friends of the Prescott Valley Library.

Brenda is survived by her husband, Bob, their son Ryan, and her sister Andrea Shaw.