Found everlasting peace and went to join her mother and best friend in Heaven on April 1st, 2018. She is in good company with her brother, Ronald, who passed late 2017. She will also be reunited with her beloved collie dogs, Thumper and Flower, and her recently passed friend and neighbor, Lois Sloane. Diean was truly a fighter; a survivor of polio, cancer, and other ailments that many people are not as fortunate to overcome. Romans 5:3-5 ESV We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.Diean Dorothy Zlensky was born July 26th, 1952 to the late Elaine and John Zlensky. Diean attended and graduated from Whitnall High School. She faced barriers that any individual with disabilities had to face at that time, and proudly graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Art Therapy from Mount Mary University in 1984. Diean was an incredible artist, and used her talent to help those with mental and physical disabilities. She worked over 20 years with Wil-O-Way Underwood - A Recreation program with activities designed for people with disabilities. She was devoted to creating an environment where no child or adult felt left out or that they were incapable of participating. She taught art, music, and cooking amongst several other classes. She often recruited family members to participate in group outings such as pool parties, dances, and festivals. She instilled in her friends and family the importance of embracing the differences in others and in not seeing ones limitations as an inability to achieve something important to them. She spoke often of her Wil-O-Way family and the impact they had on her life. Diean took advantage of every opportunity to display her creativity! She regularly made elaborate handmade decorations, ornaments, and blankets to display for each holiday. She was very proud of her art, as well as the traditions and stories she shared from generations before. She was well known by her neighbors for her decorations and they always brought a smile to those who passed by. She loved traveling, and cherished her trips with family to destinations including Florida, San Francisco, and Boston and spent many vacations with her Mother visiting areas rich in history and culture, such as Germany, Vienna, and the Amish Country. She was a wealth of knowledge and could recite countless facts and details about different musical artists, actors, movies, flowers, and especially anything pertaining to her passions of art and anything nautical. Her favorite music was 60s and 70's oldies including The Beatles and The Beach Boys. She was a huge movie buff and knew anything and everything about her beloved, Antonio Banderas.Diean is survived by sisters Jeanne, Charlene, and Nancy and her brother Lyle. Sister-in-law Ann, Sister-in-law Theresa, Auntie Jo, Aunt Dorothy and Cousin Jean. She adored her nieces and nephews as if they were own children. She will be fondly remembered by them and their families: Wayne (Susie) Jenna (Steven), Jake, Josh, Jared, Joey, Jeffrey (Michelle) Brooke, Chelsea, Matthew, Andy, Kevin (Nikki), Rebecca, Randy, Brad (Sarah), Norah, Charles, Ed, Amy (Jeff), Kylie, Cameron, Jill (Josh), Marin, Bram, Rick, Autumn, Allison, and Casey Ann. She will be remembered by numerous friends and family. A heartfelt thanks to her lifelong friend, Diane Piedt, for her love and support through the years. Theresa, Jackie, and Adam of Burlington Rehabilitation and Care Center. There are no words for the amount of love and care you showed Diean, and the countless jokes and stories shared. And to the friends she made at Landmark of West Allis. You brought tremendous joy to Diean's life and contributed to her happiness and wellbeing.Services and a celebration of Diean's life will be held this Friday, April 6th, 2018 at Hartson Funeral Home located at 11111 W. Janesville Road, Hales Corners WI, 53130. All are welcome to share in stories and memories with the family and pay final respects. Visitation will be from 5pm-7pm with services beginning at 7pm. Diean will be laid to rest beside her Mother at Good Hope Cemetery. Once again, they will be by each other's side, so they will forever go "together like peas and carrots" (Forrest Gump)