Oscar H. Diefenthaler
b. 23 October 1896, d. September 1974
- Father: John Diefenthaler b. 30 July 1865
- Mother: Louise Schmidt b. 23 May 1869, d. 10 May 1955
- Oscar H. Diefenthaler married Leona M. (?)
- He was born on 23 October 1896 in Schleswig, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
- The following appeared in a local newspaper: Mrs. John Diefenthaler, age 85, died at the home of her son, Edwin, Thursday. She had been making her home there for the past three years. /P/ She was the former Louise Schmidt, born May 23, 1869 in the town of Schleswig, the daughter of Anton and Henrietta Schmidt. She married John Diefenthaler January 30, 1891. They lived in the town of Schleswig their entire life. She was a life-long member of the St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed church and also a member of the American Legion auxiliary. /P/ Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Meta Gibson of Highwood, Illinois; two sons, Edwin and Oscar of Kiel; one step-brother, Gustave Grabs of Manitowoc; nine grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. /P/ Funeral services were held at St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed church. Burial was in the Rockville cemetery.
- He was interred at Schleswig Cemetery, Schleswig Township, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
- Oscar H. Diefenthaler died in September 1974 at age 77 in Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, at Sheboygan Memorial Hospital.
- Leona M. (?) became a widow at his death.
- The following appeared in a local newspaper: Oscar H. Diefenthaler, 77, of R. 2, Kiel, died Sunday afternoon at Sheboygan Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient for six weeks. /P/ Born on Oct. 23, 1896 in the Town of Schleswig, he was a son of the late John and Louise Schmidt Diefenthaler. He attended public school in Kiel. /P/ On Sept. 2, 1930 he married Leona Hiller in Kiel. The couple moved to the rural Kiel area. /P/ He was a veteran of World War I. /P/ He was a member of St. Peter United Church of Christ, Kiel, the Kasper-Beckley-Wilkens American Legion Post 199, Kiel, and the Manitowoc Tribe, 49, Improved Order of Redmen. /P/ [(Survivors omitted for privacy] A sister and a brother preceded him in death. /P/ Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at St. Peter UCC, the Rev. John F. Baumann, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Schleswig Cemetery, Rockville. /P/ Friends may call at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home, Kiel, from 3 p.m. Wednesday until 11 a.m. Thursday and at the church from noon until the time of the service.
- Last Edited: 16 Mar 2010