Tuesday, January 27, 2015 6:55 am

ROCHESTER - Diane Johnson, 50, died Monday January 26, 2015 at Tufts Medical Center in Boston following a period of failing health. Born December 8, 1964, in Rochester, N.H she was the daughter of Richard Hamel and Rita (Desmarais) Breden.

Diane had worked as an office manager for Hyder Hospice House, and also as a medical transcriptionist. Diane loved horses and both owned and showed them. She enjoyed stock car racing, and spending time with the fifth member of her family, her dog Jake. Members of her family include her husband Stephen Johnson of Rochester, N.H.; two children Austyn and Makaylah Johnson both of Rochester, N.H.; her mother and stepfather Rita and Scott Breden of Dover, N.H.; and her father Richard Hamel of Somersworth, N.H.