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Obituary: Mindi Jean Diaz, 48, Croghan
Published: November 10, 2021
By: Provided by Sundquist
Funeral Home
Mindi Jean Diaz
 CROGHAN – Mindi Jean Diaz,
48, died at her home on Friday morning, November 5, 2021.
Mindi was born on
April 22, 1973,
in Watertown
to the daughter of Gary Piche and the late Carolyn Lajoie.
After graduating
from high school, Mindi found her passion in helping others, specifically
working with disabled individuals, elder individuals, and kids. Mindi spent
time with her father in Mexico
building churches and helping children. Mindi also spent some time in Connecticut caring
for a lovely lady where her passion of helping others grew even bigger,
which brought her back home to New
York. Mindi worked for Disabled Persons Action
Organization along with being a Home Health Aid for many years. Mindi faced
life’s challenges with great strength, courage, and hope.
As a child, Mindi
was fierce. She was an amazing gymnast and taught her little sister Nina
all about gymnastics. Nina would watch her big sister go down the stairs on
her hands and was always amazed at what she would do next. Often protecting
her cousin Jessica when her brother Juston picked
on her, Mindi did not let anyone mess with her family even if it was family
picking on family. This especially rang true towards her younger siblings.
Although Mindi was smaller than everyone else, she was fiesty
in nature. She truly took on the role of older sister and mother with many
that knew her. Mindi’s wit and sarcasm could make even the saddest person
laugh.
Mindi found her
love of being a mom to Lainee and Kaiden. They
both lit up her world and she taught them strength. As Lainee and
Kaiden grew she fortified withhin them, resiliance, wit, and how to face challenges head on.
During her last few
years Mindi spent time with her fiancé Richie enjoying a plethora of land,
two dogs, a rabbit, and two cats. She was especially fond of her cat herbie, Ritchie loved Mindi, made her laugh, gave her spunk
right back, but most of all helped take care of her in her last few years
on earth. He even built her a barn that was to house her goats and many
more animals. If it were up to Mindi she would have had more animals than
people in her life. Her love of dragonflies brought Mindi a sense of peace
knowing she was always surrounded by her mother’s presence.
She is survived
by; her children, Lainee & Kaiden Diaz; her
fiancé, Richard Peters, her sister; Nina Harrigan; her brother Juston Lajoie; her brother, Cameron Harrigan, and
sister, Nicole Dorr, her brothers, Troy, Aaron, and Dylan Piche, her sister,
Destiny Piche, her father, Gary and stepmother Renee Piche, her great
grandmother, Marie Piche, eleven nephews, eight nieces, two great nephews,
aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Mindi is predeceased
by her mother, Carolyn E. Lajoie, a maternal grandmother and grandfather,
paternal grandfather, a brother, Chad Piche, a nephew, Tavy Trav, aunts, uncles,
cousins, and her forever fur baby Twinkie.
Funeral Services
will be held on Friday, November 19th, 2021, at 5:00pm promptly
at Christian Life Center, NYS Rte. 12E, Chaumont, NY 12749
In lieu of
Calling hours due to COVID-19, A Celebration of Life will be announced for
the summer of 2022.
On-line
condolences of sympathy may be made to: www.sundquistfh.com
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