Elva M. Calemine
December 06, 1928 - December 31, 2018
KEYSER, W.Va. Elva Marie "Diehl" Calemine, age 90, passed away at her home in Keyser shortly after midnight on Monday, Dec. 31, 2018.
Elva was born Dec. 6, 1928, in Hancock, to the late George McKinley and Lydia M. (Mitchell) Diehl. She often told stories about her hard scrabble yet carefree childhood growing up near the canal during the Great Depression. Her beloved cow Bessie was washed away in the 1936 flood. Elva loved walks in nature and had a plainspoken and dry sense of humor that would leave listeners suddenly in stitches.
After graduating from Hancock High School in 1946, Elva went to Cumberland for nursing school at Memorial Hospital where she graduated in 1949 and made several lifelong friends.
Around this time, in 1950, she met and married her husband, Reno Calemine.
Elva spent the bulk of her career as a registered nurse caring for patients at Potomac Valley Hospital, Lions Manor Nursing Home, and later at Heartland of Keyser Nursing Home until her retirement.
Elva and Reno raised a son and daughter and helped raise grandchildren and great grandchildren. Elva loved to travel. She and Reno made several cross country road trips, trying to visit every state Capitol. She also traveled to England, Scotland, continental Europe, and the Holy Land. She was a parishioner and volunteer of the Church of the Assumption in Keyser as well as the Ladies Guild of the church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Reno; her brothers, Grant and David Diehl, killed in action in World War II and her son-in-law, Howard James Hastings Jr.
Elva is survived by her son, Joe Calemine; daughter, Carla Hastings; nephew, Joe Diehl; daughter-in-law, Sue Calemine; three grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and three great-great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Smith Funeral Home, Keyser Chapel, on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, from 2-4 & 6-8 p.m.
Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at the Church of the Assumption, Keyser, on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, at 10 a.m. with Father Thomas Anatharackal as celebrant.
Private interment will be in the St. Thomas Cemetery, Keyser.
smithfuneralhomes.net.
Cumberland Times--Published on January 2, 2019
December 06, 1928 - December 31, 2018
KEYSER, W.Va. Elva Marie "Diehl" Calemine, age 90, passed away at her home in Keyser shortly after midnight on Monday, Dec. 31, 2018.
Elva was born Dec. 6, 1928, in Hancock, to the late George McKinley and Lydia M. (Mitchell) Diehl. She often told stories about her hard scrabble yet carefree childhood growing up near the canal during the Great Depression. Her beloved cow Bessie was washed away in the 1936 flood. Elva loved walks in nature and had a plainspoken and dry sense of humor that would leave listeners suddenly in stitches.
After graduating from Hancock High School in 1946, Elva went to Cumberland for nursing school at Memorial Hospital where she graduated in 1949 and made several lifelong friends.
Around this time, in 1950, she met and married her husband, Reno Calemine.
Elva spent the bulk of her career as a registered nurse caring for patients at Potomac Valley Hospital, Lions Manor Nursing Home, and later at Heartland of Keyser Nursing Home until her retirement.
Elva and Reno raised a son and daughter and helped raise grandchildren and great grandchildren. Elva loved to travel. She and Reno made several cross country road trips, trying to visit every state Capitol. She also traveled to England, Scotland, continental Europe, and the Holy Land. She was a parishioner and volunteer of the Church of the Assumption in Keyser as well as the Ladies Guild of the church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Reno; her brothers, Grant and David Diehl, killed in action in World War II and her son-in-law, Howard James Hastings Jr.
Elva is survived by her son, Joe Calemine; daughter, Carla Hastings; nephew, Joe Diehl; daughter-in-law, Sue Calemine; three grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and three great-great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Smith Funeral Home, Keyser Chapel, on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, from 2-4 & 6-8 p.m.
Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at the Church of the Assumption, Keyser, on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, at 10 a.m. with Father Thomas Anatharackal as celebrant.
Private interment will be in the St. Thomas Cemetery, Keyser.
smithfuneralhomes.net.
Cumberland Times--Published on January 2, 2019
Elva M. Calemine
December 06, 1928 - December 31, 2018
KEYSER, W.Va. Elva Marie "Diehl" Calemine, age 90, passed away at her home in Keyser shortly after midnight on Monday, Dec. 31, 2018.
Elva was born Dec. 6, 1928, in Hancock, to the late George McKinley and Lydia M. (Mitchell) Diehl. She often told stories about her hard scrabble yet carefree childhood growing up near the canal during the Great Depression. Her beloved cow Bessie was washed away in the 1936 flood. Elva loved walks in nature and had a plainspoken and dry sense of humor that would leave listeners suddenly in stitches.
After graduating from Hancock High School in 1946, Elva went to Cumberland for nursing school at Memorial Hospital where she graduated in 1949 and made several lifelong friends.
Around this time, in 1950, she met and married her husband, Reno Calemine.
Elva spent the bulk of her career as a registered nurse caring for patients at Potomac Valley Hospital, Lions Manor Nursing Home, and later at Heartland of Keyser Nursing Home until her retirement.
Elva and Reno raised a son and daughter and helped raise grandchildren and great grandchildren. Elva loved to travel. She and Reno made several cross country road trips, trying to visit every state Capitol. She also traveled to England, Scotland, continental Europe, and the Holy Land. She was a parishioner and volunteer of the Church of the Assumption in Keyser as well as the Ladies Guild of the church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Reno; her brothers, Grant and David Diehl, killed in action in World War II and her son-in-law, Howard James Hastings Jr.
Elva is survived by her son, Joe Calemine; daughter, Carla Hastings; nephew, Joe Diehl; daughter-in-law, Sue Calemine; three grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and three great-great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Smith Funeral Home, Keyser Chapel, on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, from 2-4 & 6-8 p.m.
Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at the Church of the Assumption, Keyser, on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, at 10 a.m. with Father Thomas Anatharackal as celebrant.
Private interment will be in the St. Thomas Cemetery, Keyser.
smithfuneralhomes.net.
Cumberland Times--Published on January 2, 2019
December 06, 1928 - December 31, 2018
KEYSER, W.Va. Elva Marie "Diehl" Calemine, age 90, passed away at her home in Keyser shortly after midnight on Monday, Dec. 31, 2018.
Elva was born Dec. 6, 1928, in Hancock, to the late George McKinley and Lydia M. (Mitchell) Diehl. She often told stories about her hard scrabble yet carefree childhood growing up near the canal during the Great Depression. Her beloved cow Bessie was washed away in the 1936 flood. Elva loved walks in nature and had a plainspoken and dry sense of humor that would leave listeners suddenly in stitches.
After graduating from Hancock High School in 1946, Elva went to Cumberland for nursing school at Memorial Hospital where she graduated in 1949 and made several lifelong friends.
Around this time, in 1950, she met and married her husband, Reno Calemine.
Elva spent the bulk of her career as a registered nurse caring for patients at Potomac Valley Hospital, Lions Manor Nursing Home, and later at Heartland of Keyser Nursing Home until her retirement.
Elva and Reno raised a son and daughter and helped raise grandchildren and great grandchildren. Elva loved to travel. She and Reno made several cross country road trips, trying to visit every state Capitol. She also traveled to England, Scotland, continental Europe, and the Holy Land. She was a parishioner and volunteer of the Church of the Assumption in Keyser as well as the Ladies Guild of the church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Reno; her brothers, Grant and David Diehl, killed in action in World War II and her son-in-law, Howard James Hastings Jr.
Elva is survived by her son, Joe Calemine; daughter, Carla Hastings; nephew, Joe Diehl; daughter-in-law, Sue Calemine; three grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and three great-great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Smith Funeral Home, Keyser Chapel, on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, from 2-4 & 6-8 p.m.
Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at the Church of the Assumption, Keyser, on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, at 10 a.m. with Father Thomas Anatharackal as celebrant.
Private interment will be in the St. Thomas Cemetery, Keyser.
smithfuneralhomes.net.
Cumberland Times--Published on January 2, 2019
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