Edwin Diefenthaler no newspaper named August 25, 1968
Edwin W. Diefenthaler, 74, of Route 1, Kiel died suddenly at his home early Friday.
Born July 7, 1894 in Kiel, he was a son of the late John and Louise Schmidt Diefenthaler. He attended school at Rockville. He married the former Jennie Falk of Valley Center, Kansas, April 4, 1918. The couple located in Kiel where he was employed at the Kiel Wooden Ware Company until his retirement in 1957. A World War I veteran, he served part of the time in France. The couple observed their golden wedding anniversary in 1968. He was a member of St. Peter's United Church of Christ, Kiel, a charter member of the Kasper-Beckley-Wilkens American Legion Post 99.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Miss Eleanor and Mrs. Wallace Fenn, both of Kiel; one son, Willard of rural Elkhart Lake, eight grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Meta Gibson of Highwood, Illinois, and one brother Oscar of Kiel. One son preceded him in death.
Funeral services were held at St. Peter's United Church of Christ, the Rev. Q. M. Moeschberger, pastor of Ebenezer United Church of Christ, Chilton officiated at the service in the absence of the Rev. John Baumann. Burial was made in the Schleswig Cemetery, Rockville.
Edwin W. Diefenthaler, 74, of Route 1, Kiel died suddenly at his home early Friday.
Born July 7, 1894 in Kiel, he was a son of the late John and Louise Schmidt Diefenthaler. He attended school at Rockville. He married the former Jennie Falk of Valley Center, Kansas, April 4, 1918. The couple located in Kiel where he was employed at the Kiel Wooden Ware Company until his retirement in 1957. A World War I veteran, he served part of the time in France. The couple observed their golden wedding anniversary in 1968. He was a member of St. Peter's United Church of Christ, Kiel, a charter member of the Kasper-Beckley-Wilkens American Legion Post 99.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Miss Eleanor and Mrs. Wallace Fenn, both of Kiel; one son, Willard of rural Elkhart Lake, eight grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Meta Gibson of Highwood, Illinois, and one brother Oscar of Kiel. One son preceded him in death.
Funeral services were held at St. Peter's United Church of Christ, the Rev. Q. M. Moeschberger, pastor of Ebenezer United Church of Christ, Chilton officiated at the service in the absence of the Rev. John Baumann. Burial was made in the Schleswig Cemetery, Rockville.
Edwin Diefenthaler no newspaper named August 25, 1968
Edwin W. Diefenthaler, 74, of Route 1, Kiel died suddenly at his home early Friday.
Born July 7, 1894 in Kiel, he was a son of the late John and Louise Schmidt Diefenthaler. He attended school at Rockville. He married the former Jennie Falk of Valley Center, Kansas, April 4, 1918. The couple located in Kiel where he was employed at the Kiel Wooden Ware Company until his retirement in 1957. A World War I veteran, he served part of the time in France. The couple observed their golden wedding anniversary in 1968. He was a member of St. Peter's United Church of Christ, Kiel, a charter member of the Kasper-Beckley-Wilkens American Legion Post 99.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Miss Eleanor and Mrs. Wallace Fenn, both of Kiel; one son, Willard of rural Elkhart Lake, eight grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Meta Gibson of Highwood, Illinois, and one brother Oscar of Kiel. One son preceded him in death.
Funeral services were held at St. Peter's United Church of Christ, the Rev. Q. M. Moeschberger, pastor of Ebenezer United Church of Christ, Chilton officiated at the service in the absence of the Rev. John Baumann. Burial was made in the Schleswig Cemetery, Rockville.
Edwin W. Diefenthaler, 74, of Route 1, Kiel died suddenly at his home early Friday.
Born July 7, 1894 in Kiel, he was a son of the late John and Louise Schmidt Diefenthaler. He attended school at Rockville. He married the former Jennie Falk of Valley Center, Kansas, April 4, 1918. The couple located in Kiel where he was employed at the Kiel Wooden Ware Company until his retirement in 1957. A World War I veteran, he served part of the time in France. The couple observed their golden wedding anniversary in 1968. He was a member of St. Peter's United Church of Christ, Kiel, a charter member of the Kasper-Beckley-Wilkens American Legion Post 99.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Miss Eleanor and Mrs. Wallace Fenn, both of Kiel; one son, Willard of rural Elkhart Lake, eight grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Meta Gibson of Highwood, Illinois, and one brother Oscar of Kiel. One son preceded him in death.
Funeral services were held at St. Peter's United Church of Christ, the Rev. Q. M. Moeschberger, pastor of Ebenezer United Church of Christ, Chilton officiated at the service in the absence of the Rev. John Baumann. Burial was made in the Schleswig Cemetery, Rockville.
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