WINONA, Minn. – Diane L. Barge, of Winona, a career volunteer, died at the Winona hospital at age 86. Her family said she came into her own as a volunteer when she and a friend realized that the high school counseling office was short-handed. They began providing students with college and vocational school catalogs and application forms. When the school musical was cut due to budget, she and like-minded friends founded a group called SOFA, short for Save Our Fine Arts, and raised money for a faculty director, costumes and royalties, not to mention fine arts scholarships. She had a semi-trailer parked behind the school with costumes, props and sets. She also volunteered at the hospital gift shop.
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