DIEHL, C. Bruce
CORRIGANVILLE—C. Bruce Diehl, of here, died last night in Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient six weeks. A native of Ellerslie, he was born January 6, 1904, a son of Mrs. Jennie (Smith) Diehl, Ellerslie, and the late Charles E. Diehl. Mr. Diehl was employed as an electrician by the Queen City Electric Company and was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electricians. He was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ of Corriganville, Ohr Lodge 131, AF&AM, the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, Scottish Rites, Cumberland Consistory, Cumberland Chapter, Order of Eastern Star: Ali Ghan Shrine and POS of A of Ellerslie. Besides his mother, he is survived by his widow, Martha (Myers) Diehl, and a brother, Blair Diehl, RD 4, Bedford. The body is at the Diehl Funeral Home where the family will receive friends today from 7 to 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 2 to 4 p. m. and 7 to 9 p. m. Services will be conducted on Sunday at 2 p. m. at the funeral home by Rev. George Wehler of Frostburg. Interment will be in Hillcrest Burial Park.
The Cumberland Evening Times, November 1, 1968
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
DIEHL, John R.
John R. Diehl died at Friend's Cove on August 19th., death being caused by complication of diseases. He was born at Friend's Cove the son of David Diehl and Eva Ann Diehl, both deceased. He was married to Miss Hannah Miller, now deceased. He is survived by two daughters: Mrs. Carl Fisher and Mrs. Wm. Shaffer both of Rainsburg. He is also survived by one brother, W. Grant Diehl of Friend's Cove and one sister, Mrs. Frederick Smith of Bedford Valley. He was a member of the Friend's Cove Reformed Church and a member of the Odd Fellows. The funeral will take place today at 2:00 p m at the Friend's Cove R e f o r m e d Church. Interment will be made in the Cove cemetery.
Friday, August 21, 1931, The Bedford Gazette, Bedford, Pennsylvania
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
DIETLE, Ephraim
MEYERSDALE, Pa. — Ephraim Dietle, 70, of RD 2, Meyersdale, died yesterday in Somerset Community Hospital. A native of Somerset County, he was a son of the late William and Christine (Nedrow) Dietle. He is survived by his widow, Ida (Siegner) Dietle; a son, Harold E. Dietle, at home; a daughter, Mrs. Richard Kimmel, RD 2, Rockwood; two brothers, Harvey Dietle, Grantsville, and William H. Dietle, Cumberland; three sisters, Mrs. Marshall Arnold, of here; Mrs. Maggie Meyers, RD 3, Meyersdale; Mrs. Reid Meese, Salisbury; and two grandchildren. The body is at the Price Funeral Home where services will be conducted tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. by Dr. E. Wilson Kelley. Burial will be in Union Cemetery.
The Cumberland Evening Times, September 22, 1959
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
DIETLE, Frank
FROSTBURG - Frank Dietle, 71, of 23 Centennial Street, died this morning at his home. He had been in ill health some time. A native of Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pa., he was a son of the late William and Christiana (Nedrow) Dietle. Mr. Dietle was a retired farmer and a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Clara (Brown) Dietle; two daughters, Mrs Jennie Mae Mintdrop, Hagerstown, and Mrs. Viola B. Laslo, Frostburg; a foster son, Irvin Sivits, Grantsville; three brothers, William Dietle, Potomac Park; Ephraim Dietle, Meyersdale; and Harvey Dietle, Grantsville; and three sisters, Mrs. Emma Meese, Salisbury, and Mrs. Eliza Arnold and Mrs. Margaret Myers, Meyersdale. The body will be at the Durst Funeral Home after 7 p. m. today.
The Cumberland Evening Times, December 1, 1958 (Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
DIETLE, Harvey
GRANTSVILLE - Harvey Dietle, 68, died yesterday at Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland. Born in Greenville Township, he was a son of the late William and Christian (Nedro) Dietle. He was a farmer and an employe of Garrett County Roads Department and was a member and past deacon of Maple Grove Church of the Brethren. Surviving are his wife, Ruth (Bowser) Dietle; two sons, Robert Dietle, Grantsville, and Darius Dietle, Cumberland; a brother, William Dietle, Potomac Park; three sisters, Mrs. Maggie Meyers, Mrs. Eliza Arnold, and Mrs. Emma Meese, Meyersdale, Pa., and two grandchildren. The body is at the Newman Funeral Home where a service will be conducted tomorrow at 2 p.m. Rev. Jesse Whitacre will officiate and interment will be in Grantsville Cemetery.
The Cumberland News, July 16, 1966
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
DIETLE, John M.
SALISBURG, Pa. — John M. Dietle, 58, husband of Mrs. Bertha (Steinly) Dietle, Route 1, died Friday in Upper Turkey Foot Township. Mr. Dietle was born April 21, 1892, in Somerset county, a son of the late Adam and Susan (Werner) Dietle. A sawmill worker, he retired from farming about eight years ago. Surviving, besides his widow, are two children, Karl Dietle, RD, Sand Patch, and Mrs. Dorothy Shockey, Morristown, N. J.; two brothers, Irvin Dietle, Sand Patch, and Simon Dietle, Meyersdale; two sisters, Mrs. Sadie Steinley, Route 3, Meyersdale, and Mrs. Clara Geiger, Sand Patch, and six grandchildren. Rites were held this afternoon in Greenville Township Lutheran Church, of which he was a member. Rev. George E. Bowersox, pastor, officiated and burial was in Greenville Cemetery.
The Cumberland Evening Times, October 23, 1950
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
DIETLE, William
MEYERSDALE, Jan. 5.—The funeral service for William Dietle, 83, retired farmer of Greenville township who died Tuesday at a Meyersdale hospital, was held this morning at the Greenville Lutheran Church near here in charge of Rev. S. D. Sigler. Interment was in the church cemetery. Mr. Dietle was born July 14, 1856, a son of the late John and Margaret Ritter Dietle. His wife died two years ago. Surviving children are Frank and Ephraim of Meyersdale, R. D., William and Harvey of Grantsville, Md., Mrs. Marshall Arnold of Meyersdale, Mrs. George Meyers of Somerset and Mrs. Reid Meese of Salisbury.
The Daily Courier, Connellsville, January 5, 1940 (Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
DIETZ, Mrs. Gertrude Emerick
MT. SAVAGE — Mrs. Gertrude Dietz, 64, wife of 0. C. (Red) Dietz, died this morning in Memorial Hospital, Cumberland, where she had been a patient three weeks. Born in Bedford County, Pa., she was a daughter of the late John A. and Clara J. (Kennell) Emerick. Mrs. Dietz was a member of Barrelville Presbyterian Church. Surviving, besides her husband, are a son, Calvin Dietz, Crestline, Ohio; three daughters, Mrs. Eileen Mowry, Ellerslie; Mrs. Marie Hosselrode, Baltimore, and Mrs. Waneda Hartge, Shelby, Ohio; five brothers, Clarence Emerick, Helmer, Ind., and Gilbert, Leroy, Walter and Edward Emerick, all of Mt. Savage; five sisters, Mrs. Cora Willison, Baltimore; Mrs. Mary Carder, Mrs. Edna Moore and Mrs. Margaret Kane, all of Cumberland, and Mrs. Myrtle Robertson, Barrelville, and eight grandchildren. The body is at the Ziegler Funeral Home, Hyndman, where services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p. m. by Rev. Maurice D. Robertson, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Cumberland. Interment will be in Rest Lawn Burial Park, Cumberland.
The Cumberland Evening Times, June 23, 1958
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
DIETZ, Richard
Richard Dietz, 29, of Hyndman, died last night of a gunshot wound in the chest shortly after being admitted to Sacred Heart Hospital. The incident occurred at the victim's home and apparently happened while Mr. Dietz was cleaning a shotgun, according to Pennsylvania State Police at Bedford. Mr. Dietz was taken to the hospital at 8 p.m. A son of Harvey Stanford and Jean Lois (Merkel) Dietz of Hyndman, he was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War having served from 1968 to 1970. Surviving, in addition to his parents, are four sisters, Mrs. Rita Hughes, Mrs. Pamela Logsdon, Tammy Dietz and Beverly Dietz, all of Hyndman; four brothers, Ronald Dietz, Chester, Pa.; Gerald Dietz, Hyndman; William Dietz, RD 1, Hyndman, and Barry Dietz, at home. Friends will be received at the Zeigler Funeral Home, Hyndman. Services will be conducted in the funeral home al 2p.m. Thursday by the Rev. James Ryan. Interment will be in Hyndman Cemetery. Graveside military rites will be accorded by Oscar Jordan Post 7375, VFW of Hyndman.
The Cumberland Evening Times, May 24, 1977
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
DIETZ, Robert Kent
Robert Kent Dietz, 22, formerly of Hyndman, died yesterday in Prince Georges Hospital at Cheverly. He was a son of Harvey Stanford Dietz and Mrs. Jean (Merkle) Dietz, Hyndman. Other survivors are five brothers, Ronald Dietz, Alexandria, Va., Richard Dietz, Gerald Dietz, William Dietz and Barry Dietz, all at home; and four sisters, Rita Dietz, Pamela Dietz, Tammy Dietz and Beverley Dietz, all at home. The body is at the Zeigler Funeral Home in Hyndman. Services will be held Tuesday at 2 p. m. at the funeral home with Rev. George Bittner officiating. Interment will be in Hyndman Cemetery.
The Cumberland Sunday Times, December 19, 1965
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
DILFER, Miss Emma
LONACONING — Miss Emma Dilfer, 88, of Robbins Street, died yesterday at the home of her sister, Mrs. John Wilson, Braddock, Pa. She had been in ill health three weeks. A native of Lonaconing, Miss Dilfer was a daughter of the late Fred and Mary Ann (Hanekamp) Dilfer. She was a member of the Episcopal church and Adam Thompson Rebecca Lodge here. Surviving are another sister, Mrs. Harry Click, Braddock; a brother, William Dilfer, also of Braddock; several nieces and nephews. Services will be conducted Wednesday at Braddock Cemetery.
The Cumberland Evening Times, April 4, 1960
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
DILFER, John Henry
John Henry Dilfer, 75, a native of Lonaconing, died Saturday in Canton, Ohio. He was a son of the late Frederick and Mary Ann (Hanekamp) Dilfer. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Wilbur Lancaster, Lonaconing, and Mrs. William Pullin, of this city; a sister, Miss Emma Dilfer, also of Lonaconing; a brother, Ferdinand, Lonaconing, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services will be conducted in the Celebenger Funeral Home, Canton, with interment in that city.
The Cumberland Evening Times, July 12, 1954
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
DILFER, John Walter, Jr.
A Cumberland serviceman who returned home last Monday after receiving his discharge from the Army Air Forces took his life yesterday morning at his home. He was John Walter Dilfer, Jr., 24, of 820 Piedmont avenue, who was found hanging from the head post of his bed between noon and 12:30 yesterday by his mother who went to his room to call him for lunch. The young man had attended a dance Friday night with his sister and they returned home about 2 a. m. Dilfer was heard humming a song in his room by the sister, according to friends of the family. It was also reported to police that he had not appeared despondent and he left no note giving a reason for taking his life. When the mother went to his room he was slumped in his bed with the cord from his bath robe knotted around his neck and tied to the bed post. Death was due to strangulation, and Dr. Linne H. Gorson, deputy county medical examiner, gave a verdict of suicide after viewing the body. Mrs. Dilfer was in a state of collapse when Sgt. Raymond Johnston, of the city police arrived at the home in answer to a call to headquarters. Later, County Investigator Terrence J. Boyle and Detective Lieut. B. Frank Gaffney went to the home. The dead man was a graduate of Allegany High School and served more than three years in the Army. Dr. Gorson placed the time of death at about 5 a. m. yesterday. Besides his parents he is survived by a sister, Miss Greta Dilfer, a registered nurse. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p. m. at Stein's chapel with the Rev. Dr. H. Hall Sharp, pastor of St. Luke's Lutheran church, officiating, interment will be in the church cemetery.
The Cumberland Sunday Times, February 24, 1946
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
DISHONG, Charles
GRANTSVILLE — Charles Dishong, 77, died yesterday at Connemaugh Valley Hospital, Johnstown, Pa. A native of Johnstown, he was a son of the late John and Elizabeth (Orner) Dishong. He was a member of Bethany United Church of Latrobe. Surviving are his widow, Hilda (Pfaff) Dishong; a son, Leroy A. Dishong, Frostburg; four stepsons, Donald Brode, West Milton, Ohio; James and Stephen Brode, Latrobe; and Clayton Brode of Colorado; four daughters, Mrs. Kathleen McKenzie, Avilton; Mrs.. Helen Holler and Mrs. Bette Showalter; Salisbury Road; Mrs. Eileen Layman, Grantsviille; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Delores Garlitz of California; three brothers, Will Dishong, Latrobe; Samuel Dishong, Hyndman; and Herman Dishong, Frostburg; five sisters Mrs. Sylvia Shumaker, .Stoystown, Pa.; Mrs. Molly Wampler, Frostburg; Mrs. Goldie Walker, Meyersdale; Mrs. Marie Carbaugh, Thurmont, and Mrs. Nell Shumaker, Boynton; Pa.; 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The body is at the Newman Funeral Home in Grantsville where friends will be received from 7 until 9 p.m. today and from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 p.m. tomorrow. A service will be conducted there Wednesday at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
The Cumberland Evening Times, November 24, 1969
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
DIVELBLISS, Joseph M.
Joseph M. Divelbliss, 74, Hyndman, Pa., retired Baltimore and Ohio Railroad trackman, died Saturday. He was a son of the late John and Margaret (Mellott) Divelbliss and was a native of Buck Valley, Pa. He was a member of the Hyndman Evangelical Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Cassie Belle (Deneen) Divelbliss; five duughters Mrs. Leoda Shaffer, Mrs. Cora Evans, and Mrs. Helen Harris, Hyndman, Mrs. Anna Klein, Canton, Ohio, and Mrs. Goldie Smith, Cumberland; a son, John Divelbliss, Hyndman; and five brothers, Howard and Eliott Divelbliss, Hyndman; William Divelbliss, Walfersburg, Pa.; Charles Divelbliss, Hancock, Md., and Isaac Divelbliss, Chambersburg, Pa.
The Cumberland Evening Times, May 13, 1940 (Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
DIVELY, Elmer S.
Elmer S. Dively, 50, Buffalo Mills, Pa., died yesterday afternoon in Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since October 15. His parents were the late Henry and Alice (Hochstettler) Dively. The body is at the Johnson Funeral Home, Berlin, Pa.
The Cumberland Evening Times, November 3, 1948
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
DIVELEY, John W.
MEYERSDALE, Pa. — John W. Dively Sr., 76, of Meyersdale RD 3, died yesterday. Born September 10, 1895 in Berlin, Pa., he was the son of the late Albert and Agnes (Philson) Dively. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Loyal Order of Moose and DAY Chapter 27. Surviving are his widow, Lillian (Sipple) Dively; two sons, John W. Dively Jr., Baltimore, and Albert P. Dively, Swanton; two daughters, Mrs. Jesse Yeager, Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Margaret Laubach, at home; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The body is at the Price Funeral Home. A service will be conducted there at 2 p.m. Monday by Rev. Raymond Mankamyer, and interment will be in Union Cemetery.
The Cumberland News, July 21, 1972
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
DIVELEY, Merle Dewey
Meyersdale. Pa., Feb. 18—Services for Merle Dewey Diveley, 45, local garage operator, who died Wednesday in a Pittsburgh hospital, where he had been a patient for several months, will be conducted tomorrow in Lonaconing. by the Rev. Thomas R. Thomas, pastor of the Methodist Church. Interment will be in Union Cemetery. Surviving are his father, Jonas Diveley, stepmother Mrs. Kathryn (Keidel) Diveley, his widow Mrs. Gladys (Njos) Diveley, five children, Victor Diveley, in the United States Navy, Quonset Point; Mrs. Mary Pritts, Trafford; Mrs. William Bungard, Meyersdale; and Mrs. Esther Maust, Merle Dale Diveley and Helen Diveley, at home; three brothers and four sisters.
The Cumberland Evening Times, February 18, 1944
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
DIVEN, Frank J.
Frank J. Diven, 90, of 504 Walnut Avenue, Scottdale, died Friday in his home after an extended illness. He was born Feb. 14, 1877, in Indiana, Pa., a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Diven He had been a scale and fire inspector for the C. Flick Coke Co. for 50 years, retiring in 1945. He was a former member of the Scottdale Borough Council for 20 years, and was a lifetime member of Acacia Lodge No. 355 of Blairsville, and was a member of the Coudersport Consistory. He was a member of the Scottdale First Methodist Church. Surviving arc two sons, David M. Diven of Scottdale, and William A. Diven of Las Cruces, N.M.; a daughter, Mrs. Carl (Charlotte) Thornblade of Scottdale; 11 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, Mrs. Harriet Miller Diven in 1954, a son, Robert Diven, in 195? and was the last surviving member of his family.
Saturday, January 6, 1968, The Daily Courier, Connellsville (Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
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