Lawrence Leander Diehl (1888 - 1963)

Born 13 May 1888 in Adams county, Indiana, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Goldie Ethel Graham — married 1 Jan 1908 in Wells County, Indiana, USA

Descendants

Died 17 Mar 1963 at age 74 in Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, USA

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Biography

Lawrence L. Diehl Dies Last Evening

Lawrence L. Diehl, 74, Adams county farmer most of his life in the Peterson community, died at 7:40 o’clock Sunday evening at his home in Bluffton. He had been an invalid for nearly five years.

Mr. Diehl was a member of the Linn Grove Evangelical United Brethren church.

Surviving are his wife, Goldie; five sons, Lester Diehl of Ohio City, O., Millard Diehl of Fort Wayne, Forrest Diehl of Preble, Wendell Diehl of Markle, and Russell Diehl of Bluffton; three daughters, Mrs. Clarence Frohn of Lafayette, Mrs. Eugene Johnson of Bluffton, and Mrs. Merle Affolder of Decatur; 31 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one brother, Ervin Diehl of California, and one sister, Mrs. Lewis Egley of Bluffton. Two brothers and two sisters are deceased.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Prospect Methodist church, the Rev. Fuhrman Miller officiating. Burial will be in the Prospect cemetery. Friends may call at the Elzey funeral home in Ossian until time of the services. (Mon. March 18, 1963)

Sources

• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-631K-4R?cc=1410397&wc=Q83F-CXJ%3A962973601%2C963143501 : 21 January 2016), Adams > 1942-1945 Volume U > image 97 of 693; County clerk offices, Indiana.
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LZT2-JKY

Indiana Marriages 1811-2007; DeKalb, 1938-1939 Volume 33, page 389 - Marriage of Son

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17341177/lawrence-leondo-diehl