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William Luther Diehl

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William Luther Diehl

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16 Feb 1939 (aged 64)
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Nokesville, Prince William County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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After a month's illness, followed infection and blood poisoning, William Luther Diehl, aged sixty-four, died at Mount Alto Hospital, in Washington, on Thursday last [16th].

A native Virginian, he was born here on Dec 11, 1874, the son of Amos W. and Rebecca Showalter Diehl. By trade he followed the carpentering line. He and all his family were devoted members of the United Brethren church.

The funeral was held from Valley View Church on Sunday afternoon, Rev. N. J. Miller, officiating. Pallbearers were Messrs. Ernest Lipscomb, Harold Smith, Stuart McMichael, Ernest Spitzer, Edmund Hooker and D. E. Earhart.

Mr. Diehl's wife had been dead for some years. Children surviving are: Daisy D. and Roscoe G., of Gettysburg, Pa., Melva R. and Milledean [Willodean] E., of Washington, D. C., Estelle V., of Manassas and Anna B. and John P. at home, and Ernest of Middleburg, Va. Brothers and sisters, Harvey, Minnie and Martin, of Eaton, Ohio, Saylor, John and Charles, all of Nokesville, and Elizabeth, of Washington.

The Manassas Journal
Thurs Feb 23, 1939
After a month's illness, followed infection and blood poisoning, William Luther Diehl, aged sixty-four, died at Mount Alto Hospital, in Washington, on Thursday last [16th].

A native Virginian, he was born here on Dec 11, 1874, the son of Amos W. and Rebecca Showalter Diehl. By trade he followed the carpentering line. He and all his family were devoted members of the United Brethren church.

The funeral was held from Valley View Church on Sunday afternoon, Rev. N. J. Miller, officiating. Pallbearers were Messrs. Ernest Lipscomb, Harold Smith, Stuart McMichael, Ernest Spitzer, Edmund Hooker and D. E. Earhart.

Mr. Diehl's wife had been dead for some years. Children surviving are: Daisy D. and Roscoe G., of Gettysburg, Pa., Melva R. and Milledean [Willodean] E., of Washington, D. C., Estelle V., of Manassas and Anna B. and John P. at home, and Ernest of Middleburg, Va. Brothers and sisters, Harvey, Minnie and Martin, of Eaton, Ohio, Saylor, John and Charles, all of Nokesville, and Elizabeth, of Washington.

The Manassas Journal
Thurs Feb 23, 1939

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23655712/william_luther-diehl: accessed ), memorial page for William Luther Diehl (11 Dec 1874–16 Feb 1939), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23655712, citing Valley View Cemetery, Nokesville, Prince William County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by MVC (contributor 46923575).