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MINISTERIAL BIOGRAPHICAL BLANK
DETROIT METHODIST CONFERENCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Date. May 1, 1950
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Harold Wallace
·(f irst)
Di.~hl,
·· Name :
(Last )
April 8, 1914 ..
(Date) .
Birth:
(Micidle)
sa·ginaw, Michigan
(Place)
Persona~ Appearance: -T,5~'~1~1~"----~1~9~5_#~'~------B_r_o_w_n~~~--S_r_o_wn
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Family
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Backgrolli~d:
l. Father ' s Name in Full
Date of Birth
Nationality
Edviard J. · Diehl
----------------------------------------------------October 14. , 1865
-Pla.~e
America n
9ccupation ___P_l _u_m_b_e_r_____~--
Extent of Education
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Death; Date
High School - 12th grade
December , 1945
2. Mother's Maiden Name
Kansas City, McLssouri
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Place
Saginaw , Mich i gan
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Florence Mae No rthrup
Date of Birth
August 19, 1876
Nationality
American
Extent of Education
~ ImMY Cijy, Michi8gan
9th grade
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M
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Death; Date
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3. Marriage of "Parents; Date .. . L.~
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PTace
ar 1 e e,
c 1gan
(My Mother marri ~ E. J. Thuma on March 21, 1931, at Toledo, Ohio.)
4. Places of Residence My parents lived in Flint, Michigan for a while,
and then moved to Saginaw where I was born and lived until
going to school. Thus I have Jived 1 n Sag1 n aw, Albion, M1 ch.,
Oberli-n, Ohio, and then at the places listed under appointments.
5. Brothers and Si sters
Name
Mrs. Carl Smith
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Addres3
Present Occupation
H1gh land, Park, It lch igan
( Evel yn )
248 E. Buena Vista
6. IQstinguished Services f or Which Members of Family Are Known
Hou sewif e
Personal
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Histo ry :
Educati on :
Schools
and
De g rees
Sag i n aw H i g h
1 9 3 3- 34 ;
S ag i n&W H i g h
1932 ;
Schoo l ,
AB,
A ~~ i on ,
193~ ;
Po st G rad at
Ober l·i n ::. Graduate
BD , 1 942
School of Th e o lo gy ,
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3.
Mar riage : Date
S ep t emb er
Fr e der ic S.
4.
Wife' s M<nden N-::t.'!' e. ~
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A l b ion ,
~ ich i ga n
Goo d rich
Madeline E v e l yn Hil l
Gr.a.du~t e o f
Educatjo;1
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F~~ce
3 , 1939
Minister's Daughter
ChildnEnt~r~ Episcopal
H i gh Sch ~ o-~,
Arthur S i l l
S t udent - a t
S ag inaw ;
i n 19 35.
Albi on
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(NamcRel•g•ous Order .:;)_
(D:1te · o f Bi rt h) (Occupatio n )
--'--.Rev. and Mrs. Harold W. Diehl of Mid-- -- - - ·----- ·----·
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N0 r VI a 1 k ' Oh i 0
- 0J a tand held an open house February 8 hon- 2 4 ' 194 2
--ormg their daugh - - -- - -- - -- - - - - - -- - -----.
ter, Janet Mae a 2
1943
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member
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who will enter the
Sisterhood of St. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mary and become a
Postulant at St.
Mary's Convent in - - -- - - - - - - - : - -.,..--- - - - - - - - - - - 0
~~:~~ill,
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Career
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Miss Diehl
Bom in Norwalk, .. .. .
Ohio, she attended school in Ohio and
Michigan and graduated from high school - - - - - - - - - in Anchorage, Alaska. She became the ·
first girl to enroll in the new Alaska Meth- -- - - - - - - - -- -- -- - - -- - --- - - - odist University when it opened in Anchorage in 1960, then attended Stout State
College, Menominee, Wis., and received - --- -Reli g~a degree_ in ~ucation from Central Mich- rk Be1 ,)::-e K! "Le:ri r,g Mird.s i.ry o Memb e r of
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_gan Uruvers1ty at Mt. Pleasant.
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M!ss Diehl taught home economics and ~h odis t Chur c h , S a g i naw , ~H ch i gan . Ch oir
art m the South Haven High School and -~------------------=-----
at St. Mary's School for Indian Girls
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Springfield, S.D., under the auspices ofl str ict Epwo r t h Leag u e Of f ic e r; Insti t ut e
the Episcopal Church. Recently she has _ _ __ __;;,__ _ _ _ ____;;:__._ _ _ _ ____:,~,...'1-:::
0--=r...,.,.._. been Home Economist in Oscoda and AlCall · cona counties, under the Michigan State - - - - - -University Cooperative Extension service. ·
The Sisterhood of St. Mary, an Episco- t Ins t i t u t e at :l:as t Tawas ab o u t 1 931- 32 .
pal religious order, conducts a convent ·
Admi t·and school at Peekskill, N.Y., a hospital
_ _ ·__ for children at Bayside, N.Y., and retreat
houses in Sewanee, Tenn., and New York .f e r e nce l Jun e
1940
City.
E as t Oh 1 o Confer e nce, Jun e . 19 4 1
Mr. Diehl, pastor of the Midland AI(~e re )
dersgate Ch~rch, and Mrs. Diehl will ac- lhio Conf e r ence
J une
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company
th~1r daughter
to New York. ·h- E as t Ohl. 0 Co n' f
Ju'n e
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Robinson, pastor, a play,
urunl!'ertu!la.•
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Newby Moves Uptown," was presented
the regular Sunday morning service J
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18. Actors, left to right, are: Mrs.r-- -- ao-c ~.d
.,., J.amle:; Fecho as Miss Prim; Raymond
Dangerfield Newby; Donald
Mr. Pettygen; and James Miller,
Goodwind. The play, directed by
Ammon, was well received by the
gregation rund many remained to
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in the fellowship hall.
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at a Sunday morrung serv1ce (see
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~:e P~.ID +BOd ~ 2£61 '1 OO~O S q13 1 H A.\'BU113'G of the children w hen his family escort-Weonp:::r
ed them on their first visit to a farm. Can L
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you imagine all the excitement when they f UOS.18 d
had their first real Christmas tree this
year? The family's growth was noticeable,
the children grew taller and filled out as
a r esult of the supplemented diet. One of
the biggest thrills was when Mrs. Dodd
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Offices Held in the Church:
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Appomntments: Poe
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14. Favorite Recreations, Hobbi es , etc; - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Author of Vfuat Books and Publications? :
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Clubs and Fraternal Organizations :
1 7.
Any Additional Information of Interest :
If the Subje ct of this Sketch is Dec '=!ased, Please gi ve :
Dat e of Death
Place
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Officiat i ng Ministers
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THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
DETROIT CONFERENCE HEADQUARTERS
2111 WOODWARD AVENUE
DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48201
ll«ELEASE
COMMISSION ON PUBLIC RELATIONS
Phone 313/ 961 -8340
By:
Dr. D.C. Carpenter
(DC # 6) 6-ll-70)
Adrian Press
Room Phone 313-263-1456
IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Please
Rev. Harold
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Diehl, for the past four years . minister of
Aldersgote United Methodist church, Midland, was appointed to
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be minister of St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Bloomfield Hills by Bishop Dwight E. Loder at the Thursday afternoon
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session of the l29th consecutive meeting of the Detroit Annual
Conference of the United Methodist Churf ch which is meeting
on the campus of Adrian College in Adrian, Mich.
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During Mr. Diehl's pastorate as Aldersgote, more than
150 persons have made their vows to Christ and have been admitted into membership in the Church; the second phase of the
master building plan was completed with a s even room, $95,000
addition to the educationa l unit .
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Rev. Diehl is a graduate of the Saginaw High School,
Albion College, and the Oberlin Graduate School of Theology,
Oberlin, Ohio.
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Mrs. Diehl is the former Miss Madeline Evelyn Hill of ~
Saginaw.
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The Die hls are the parents of three children, Janet
Mae, St . Ma ry' s Convent; Peekskill, New York; Sandra J ean
( Mrs. Richa rd H. G1e bner ) , r1idland; and Keith Harold Diehl,
a student a t La ns i ng Community College o
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Rev. and Mrs. Diehl sef rved as. mis s i onar i es with t he
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Ala ska Hi ss i on at Fir s t Unit ed Meth()dist Church in Anchorage
1958 to 1961 .
Rev. Di ehl has been a member of the Midland County Safety
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Council and chairman of the Radi o Commit tee of the Midl and
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As ~oc iati on .
He i s chairman
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Mr s . Di ehl ha s been active in various church activities
and has worked wi th re t arded and handicapped children in
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Rev o Diehl will conduct his f irs t s er vice at St. Paul' s
on Sunday, J une 21 .
His s ermon topic wi ll be " The Glorious ,
Monotony . n
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F., N .E. Ohio, 194Z). 19.:0 P oe ; 1941 B er lin
H e igh t s ; 1 9~2 Amhcrst -So'!th A.!nher_s.t ;
1946 S u per n u me rary; 1946 R1ch m or.d ( V1r.
Co~ ! .)· ( ·~-: ~ ena .. ~·. r .A ~ o:-0-:. ) .: 1047 ll ristol villc · \\'es t ~1ecca ( N E O h•o) ; I C49 D et.,
1\'i!lis - S ton y Cree k : 1951 ( No v. 15) !Iancock : l fJSS Ishpemi ng ; 195S ~f i ssiona r y to
.\ l:ts!: a ; JI)4, J Uirch Hun: 1 96~ !'t. Ch:1. r !<''i ;
J9(1, ~ I idl:11:d: A ldcr , g>t ·· Home : 21~1 ,\i r ·
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r:e:d L ane.
A irfield l.a nc.
P h. 6> 1· l b l.
REV. HAROLD W. DIEHL, pastor of
Alder.sg_ate Church, Midland, was one of
from Ohio • I nd iana' , Ill.ll101S
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35 mtmsters
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a n d . Mt.c lugan who attended a school of
contmumg education a t the Methodist
Theological S chool , Delawar e , OJuo,
· J a n~a ry 6 through 24. The school was h eld '
m .coop era tion with Ba ttelle Memori 1
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By :
June ,5\b 9 pl ease
~xpe c ting
t o be acai gnod to a
IlL r old • Diehl
•.i dlnnd , 835- 6467
di ffer~ nt
church when tho re t r oit
Annual Conference meets in '"drian next week , the • ev . Ha rold . • Di ehl will preach
hi s f l.nal ser on at .A ldo ogat e United .tetbodis t Church t his ;unday (( 6- 7- 70)) .
" Salute :
grcduating seni ors of
of the 1ev .
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' Hnn l i f t od Up ' " ni ll be the topic of bie sermon , as
attend tbe ~o rnign wors hip
C o~in e to Al dorsga t e ~burch four yeors ago , follo~ i ng tho pootorote
Fronk La venport, more t han 1.50 peroons havo ' united wi th the Church
~ lde rs6ato ~hur ch
and mok.e t tle ir vo ~ to t.hrist during t1r . Liehl ' s ministry ;
t ho moot r l.m!lding
l an
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cor:trJl otc wit h o ?•r .ow,
t he second phose of
95 ,000 atlc.;itlon to tho
e due vt~onal
unit . Aldc r sgute •s lllomberGhi p nul!lbera 400 , e nd i ts property ia
valued a t over
310 , 000 . lntlividual members have been mo=t a c t ive in c -,urch a nd
comr..unlty affairs .
Also to bo honorc this .'Jundo y are youth who will b e gr duoting
from the Junior "'Jloir : Ti m Durton ,
~a ry lL mmond ,
l aula ltoff , and Kent ~ cott .
'l ho Junior Choir , wrlich is directed by llr s . ?alpb ~o le , .Irs . J a mes ~ lark , a ccompanist , arids much to t ho ministry of music at
~lde
SBat e .
~he
choir rec ently
took pa rt in the Junior Choir 'eativol sponsored by tho ~at inaw ~oy ist r ict
.r1ethodist churches "
Mr • •. ichard ~koc hdo polc, c ha irma n~ of the fastor- I• rish ~ o mmittce ,
hac a nnounc ed tha t t here wil~ be u ·orcwell o c e1 ~ion for ~r . and rs . t iehl
at tho home of t. r . an< ro . · ob ! Otts , . r . • otts is t he lay member frorn ~ lricro1J'a tc ... •.ur ch t o t he tet r oit / nnual ~ onforence {'1 rlich meets in Adrian , J une 11-15 ,
and at which
~ishop
Dwi (Iht .... . Loder will announce t he ne• pastor to be aacit ned
to Aldersg1 te vhurch .
(
oro , if wanted)
\ e v . bi ohl bas ser ved on
tldland County afe ty ~ouncil ,
acted oo secret~ry to the 1 idlond ~lo r~y Aa oociat l on , ond portici ~ted in the
r el uh.r sc cuule uf . or uinc 'evotionu over .. t!JN , anti At the lOWn ano ~ ount ry end
Ki nu ' D 'CJ Ug11 ters ' ooes . f or the pest 11 yeo's he ha s boen secretory of the
o inaw
ay
isttict
ourd of
I las~ono
t b~
and
~ hu · ch
.xtena~on~ ,
on
the chairman of
the Lotroit Conf e rence Co!..·. isoion on uulic ehl t~ o ns and United rTethodist ln.formt..tion .
( ver , leGoe , for yet more)
!1rs . Diohl , nee tiu dc line Bill, has been activ e in v a r ious c hurc h
activities , and ha s worked wi th ttetarded ond
and
1id l~nd .
Jane t
The Di eh ls n r c natives of
~aginaw .
C.:h ildren both in ljocinnw
They ha ve t hree c hildren:
.ue Liehl - S t . r-tary 's Convent , Peekskill , I C•'l York ;
..;a d dro Jean ,
~e ith
Ho ndic ep~ad
rs . t?ic h s rd H. Qi ebner -
1idlond
Harold Diehl - a student a t Lansi nr Community College .
( a - m- e- n )
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P e rs onal Infor cuti c n Sh ~~ t
COHHISSI ON ON PUBLIC REL:,TIONS
a nd METHODIST I N.f0:-;{M;.TI 0i.~
De tr oit Annua l Co!d"-:: :;:-enc c ,
THE UNITED r1ETH0D IST CHUilCii
J anuary 29 , 1969
Harold W. Diehl
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( a s y o u wish it
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Pr e s e n t pos1· t 1on
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Pr e s e nt Addr ess :
Di rthdat e
us ~d
in
pa~e rs)
I'1 in · ster of t n e Gos p e ~
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( Mi ni ste r , ~ sso c iat c , Stude nt , e t c. ,)
2 101 Ai rfield Lane
Mi d l and ,
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G-8-110
48640
Mich i gan
Ful l member
Pr e s e nt Confe r e nc e Tie lationship ----~~~--------~~~~~------~~
( pl e~ s e indic a t e --Sup?ly, Deac on , Elder, O.T ., Ful l Menber, e t c )
If t he r e i s t o b e a cha n 5e in t he
r el~ ti o nship
a t Co nfere nc e ,
indic a t e that chance-- t o
If t o be or da ine d at c onfe renc e , indicate
o r d ination t o be r e c e iv ed - fi e . L . D., L . E .;E . 1 D~)
,5.
Edward J .
Your Par e nt ' s Naoe
and
Mae Fl orence
Their ~dd r es s
( I f livin G)
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Yo ur Hooe Town
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Re c onne nded f or Lic e ns e t o
Pr ~~ ch
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(w hen )
of
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Diehl
th e Qua rterl y
Saginaw - Jeff erson Av e . I"le thodist
Conf e r e nce Menbe r --Whe n we r e
On Tria l
1940
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Full Her:1be rship
194 2
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Church
r e c eive d ,
W h~t Co nf ere nc e
What Co nf ere nc e ,
Detroit
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.a n d
If a tra nsfe r t o De tro i t Co nf erence , whe n _________________
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fr oo wha t
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Ed uc a ti on:
Whe r e
Cc ll orse
c on f e r e nce
Northe a st Ohio
Saginaw
Bi Gh Sch ool
Gradua t ed fr ot:J __________________________________
l a c ~t
e d Saginaw , 1'1ich · gan
1932 what y ear
1932
Albion College
Loc a t e d a t
Decr ee
Albion, Mihhi gan
cran t ~ d
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Year gr a nte d
1939
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Other Collece_ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _
Graduate School of Theology
Oberlin ffimmmfum@mmarnmffimmmm
Seoina ry
Oberl i n ,
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Post gr aduate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---------------
Honors or lio norary De c r ee s
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f ubli c He lat i ons and Methodist
Menbe r o f Co nfe renc e Cooo itt0e s
Information Commission
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Respons ibilitie s or h e tivi ti e s in Co;]i.J Uni t ~r :.ffa irs , where you liv 0 ,
f'1id land County Safety Coun cil
Chairman of rtadi o Committe e - Mi d land Cler gy Association
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SinGl e ___
Marital Sto.tus:
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I f oarr1e
w·1 f e ' s
on1· d
.c n naoe
Her Parent ' s Naoe
He r hot:Je t own
At home :
h ~v e
Widower - - - - -
Made line Evelyn Hill
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Francis and Evelyn Hill
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He r Po.r c nts,
p r ese nt ..:~ddrc ss
If y o u
Marrie d _ x_ _
childre n ,
Fathe r :
nanes , .pl c~ s e ,
Keith Harold Dieh l
In and out of home :
Grand Blanc, Michigan
a.nd a ge s if a t hone .
18 years
Mi s s J anet JVI. Diehl,
Greenbush, Michggan
Mrs . Richard H. Giebner
( Sandra Jean)
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In the space bel ow, on the bo.ck o f this shee t ~r a n addi tional sheets
pl e:1s e a dd a ny iteo s you think oay be of i n tc,r cs t t o the publi c .
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tr a ve ls, e tc) ALSO --LIST CHUHCHZS YOU ILV..:: SE~VED
Bus driver . Alaska hi.;s ion of the 1"ethodist Church from
1958- 61 , l st Church, Anchorage . Tape re cord er. Conference
at te nde r. Canoe camp di r ector .
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June
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9, 1977
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Post Graduate
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Th eology
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1970 Retired.
Worke d as Tour Coordinator, Office Man~g er,
OpQration • l m• na ger, Tour gujde, etc,, for
Delt a Bus Company , Saginaw.
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CANOEING IN GOo•s OUT-OF-DOORS
By---Harold w. Diehl
Midland, Michigan
March 1969
"Shove off!"
is the cry, and out into the stream
you go.
The paddles flash ••• • •
the canoe glides thru the water,
the banks slip away;
overhead a bird, startled,
flurries out of sight.
Your back arches, arms strain,
a broad sweep of the paddle and
a hard rudder in the stern,
the twist of the stream •••••
the bend in the river •••••
and you are quickly out of
sight and sound
of your companions
who trail behind you.
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You and your shipmate
alone
must maneuver
your frail craft which
is simultaneously
stable and safe,
shifty and spilly, as you
round bend after bend;
always
beholding a new view,
a different terrain,
hazards unexpected and
confronting.
There are rocks
and stumps
in the river, fishermen, too;
low hanging limbs,
a fallen tree;
a bramble of branches on
the outside bank
where the whirlpooling current
compels your canoe.
And on and on and on you go ••• • •
hour after hour ••• throughout
the days of the trip.
Novice you may have
begun
but Novice not for long.
For soon
the skills of canoe ing
strike home,
become second natur e ,
and
you exalt
in exuberance
and exhilar at ion •• • •••
without exagger ation,
for you are Mas t er and Captain
of your craft .
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When you have
shot your first rapids •••• •
holding your breath •••••
and come t o the calm
where t he water no longer
runs downhill to t he eye ,
you ~re a pt to
throw caution to the wind
and, s tandi ng uprigh t,
with a rms
raised to the heavens,
cry aloud for all t o hear:
"YIPPIE ! l l l "
The thrill
of your skill
in handl ing
your canoe
evokes t he cry, and
far into the night
you relive
those moments •••••
Life is different!
What care you
for sand in your f ood,
lumps under your bed-roll,
powdered milk, dried eggs,
spatter of r ain,
the heat of t he sun
••• that double burns,
by rays and reflections?
What care you?
What care you, for
you
lBve learned
the t hril l of canoeing;
you
have overcome the stream;
you
can hardly wa it
for tomorrow
and the ant icipat ed
unknown
around the next bend in t he river,
and the shout:
"Shove off!"
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Pa ge two
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Harold W. Diehl
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11. Appointments Served with dates:
NORTH-EAST OHIO CONFERENCE:
Student Supply Appointments:
(Poe, September 1940)
(Berlin Heights, January 1941)
Full Appointments:
Amherst-South Amherst, June 1942
Willard, October 1944
Supernumerary relationship (1 year) June 1946
(Virg inia
Served as Associate Minister at Centenary Method~
Conferance) Church, Richmond, Virginia, January-June, 1947
N .E. OHIO
Full appointments:
Bristolville, June 1947
West Mecca, June 1947
~-a
double appointment
DETROIT CONFERENCE:
Full Appointment:
Willis-Stony Creek, June 1949
·\~~is a gradua.te or Adhur.Hill H igh Sc~10ol,
Alaska Bound•I the '\\!1 ')"'
Saginaw, and Mr. D1ehl of Sagm aw
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Harold Diehl Family
H ig h. They . both attended Albion College. Oberlm Graduate School of
EV. Harold~· Diehl, pastor of ~es- Theolo~Y. gran ted Mr. Dieh l a Bachelor
ley l\'Tethod1st Church , I sh oemmg, of Divm1ty deg ree.
Anchorage is now a city of more than
will leave in Jun e for Alaska where he
will be lhe pas tor of F irst Methodis t 60,000 popu lation plus 35,000 m ilitary
Ch urch in A nch ornge. B ish op Marshall
personnel, says Bish op A. Raymond
R. Reerl of the 1\'Iichi g:an Ar ea, through G 1·ant, under who111 Mr. Diehl w ill serve
the R ev. Charles F. Wolf e, super in tenrl- in Ala ska, a11d Fir s t Church is one of
ent of lhe Marquet te District Methodist three Methodis t chu rches in Anchorage
church es, has announced that Mr. Diehl and hap pens to be th e largest Meth odis t
w ill be under " special ap pointmen t" in Chu r ch in Ala ska. While Alaska is
th e Detroit Conference to serve An ch or- regarded as a Mission Confere nce, a
age First Methodist Ch urch under t h e
numb er of churches, including Anch ol·age Fi rst, m·e self-supporting.
Ala ska Miss ion Conference.
'l'he Dieh ls will drive to Seattle, Washing ton , wher e t heir car will be sh ipped
by boat and they will fly to Anchorage
arriving in ample time to attend th<
dedica t ion services fo t' the site of tiH
soon-to-be-e1·ected Alaska Methodist Uni
ver sity.
REV. H AROLD W . DIEHL, pastor of Aldersgate Church , Midland, was one of
35 ministers from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
and Michigan who attended a school of
continu ing education at the Methodist
Theological School, Delaware, Ohio, J anuary 6 through 24. The school was held
in cooperation with Battelle Memorial
Institute. I~ -"~~ - lc, q
j ~··k \ \ ' illiam s. l 'lwt o
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Harold Diehl
Mr . Diehl was pas tor of First Church,
Ha ncock, before g-oing to Is hpeming in
l !J55. W h ile in the Upper Peninsula h e
has been active in t he Youth Work: serving as dea n of the Senior Youth Ins tit ute, conductor of bus caravans , a nd
Marquette D istrict Youth Director .
T hrough his efforts the Methodist Booth
at the E scanaba State Fair was started,
a nd the Rev. Ernest Br own Memor ial
Fund was instigated which resulted in
the erection of the "Ernest Brown Memorial Health Cabin" at t h e Michiganune
Methodis t Ins t itute: a memorial to a
beloved pastor who s erved Methodist
chur ches in the Uppe1· P eninsula for
43 years.
D uri ng his mini stry Mr. Diehl h as
been on several Dis t rict and Confer ence
committees ; being a r epresentative of
th e Detroit Conference Commission on
Public Relations and Methodis t Infor mat ion, h e has kept the public aler ted to
th e progra m and per sonalit ies of The
Method ist Church.
Both l\'Ir. an~l Mrs. Diehl, Madeline
(Hi ll ), nre m~t1ves of Saginaw. Th ey
l1ave three Ch ildren: J anet and Sandra,
both in hig h school, and Keith who is
f i ; j, ·. ' the fit st -grn dP. Mrs. Diehl
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cano<,_
Kenai Lake LO .t\.enai and 1, ,
through the mountains using
rection Creek Trail from K.en!' .
Hope (or reverse). Plans allow' ' .. ,,.
sightseeing, side . tr;. ' · and oppo.
to visit Method • ,
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churches, the Ai
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sity, J esse Lee Ho
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ed that meals and 1
J
ed by some of the ::.
when possible.
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Harold Diehl to t¢J) 72
Report General
Conference for Advocate
REV. HAROLD AND MADELINE
DIEHL will be movi ng to Florida tor the
winter. Their address will be: 3100 26th
Ave. N., Lot 8, St. Petersburt:L FL
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33713.
Rev. Harold Diehl, left in the accompanying picture, discusses plans for reporting the General Conference with
Editor John E. Marvin of the Advocate.
Mr. Diehl will occupy a place in the press
box at Atlanta, Georgia, where the conference will be held and will report the
conference for the Advocate. Editor Marvin
is a delegate. Mr. Diehl has attended
several general conferences and is familiar
with press procedures. He is pastor of
Bloomfield Hills United Methodist Church
and chairman of the Committee on Public
Relations and Methodist Information of the
Detroit Conference Commission on Communication.
SANDJ{A JEA N DIE HL, daughter of
Rev. and li•I rs. Harold W. Diehl of St.
Charles, a nd RI CHARD H EN RY GIEBNER of Chicago wer e married by the
bride's fat her at the Brant church on
Saturday, December 22, at 8 p.m. The
bride was g iven in maniage by her
brother, Keith Harold Diehl, and her
sis ter, Janet Mae, was the maid of
honor. Norman Roland Giebner of Chicago, brother of the g r oom, wa s best
man. A r ece ption was held in the parlors of the St. Charles church for the
immediate families. The bride is a
g raduate of Anchorage, Ala ska, High
School, attended Suomi College in Hancock and pres ently is a s t udent at Flint
Community Juni or College. Mr. Giebner
is a cashier a t the LaSalle National Bank
of Chicago. An Ensign in the United
States Naval Res erve, he is a ssig ned to
the Deep Sea Diving School, Wa shington,
MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
D.C., with orde1·s to r eport to U.S.S.
Sioux, San Diego, California , in June
1963. The groom is a graduate of the
l\Iichigan Colleg e of Mining· and TechREV.. HAR.O LD W. ~~· pastor a1nology in Houg hton a nd the son of l\'Ir.
_I Bloomfield HJ!Is St. Pauls Uruted Metho. and Mrs. Richard K. Giebner of Chicago,
dist Church, h as ret~r~d fro~ the minis- LIH nois. The couple honeymooned in thr
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try to accept a pos1t10n w1th the Delta Copper Country where they m et.
~ Bus Company of Saginaw, where he will
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::::::- be engaged in promotional work and office
~ management. Mr. Diehl has been associ- ated with the bus company for the past
ten years in various capacities and has at
New A rrival
differ ent times considered working there.
He joined the Detroit Conference in 1940,
has served various churches in the conference and in Ohio and Virginia. Following a stint as a missionary in Alaska
from 1958 to 1961, h e returned to Michigan,
Besides pastoring various chw·ch es, he has
been active as chairman of Public Relations and United Methodist Information
of the Communications Commission of the
Detroit Conference. He and Mrs. Diehl are
living at 2933 Carrollton Road, Saginaw
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48604. Phone 517-753-3476.
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REV. AND MRS. HAROLD W. DIEHL
moved December 1 to 3465 Kiesel Road
Bay CitY 48706 (517-684-7450), wh er~
t hey w ill be residence managers of the
97-unit Bay Manor Apartments . They wi ll
cont inue arranging tours for ch urch
groups and t he Circ uit Riders Tour Club
of Jefferson Ave. Church, Saginaw. The
Circui t Riders Florida Tour is scheduled
for Feb. 24 to Mar. 12.
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REV. AND MRS. HAROLD W. DIEHL,
as of August 23, changed their "summer
address" from 932 N. Lake Street.
Boyne City, Michigan to 2501 Lowry
Avenue, N.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota
55418. Their November-thru-May "winter
address" will continue to be 31 00·26th
Avenue North, St. Petersburg, Florida
33713; telephone (813) 323-22oa9/to/f'4
Some grandparents become so elated
over their new g randchildren they have
to tell the world about it. Such is t he
case of Rev. and Mrs. Harold W. Diehl of
St. Char Fes who d1splayed the above
announcement of the arrival of grandson
Norman Paul Giebner, 8 lbs. 4 oz., Nov.
19, Mercy Hospital, San Diego, California. T he parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Richard H. Giebner. The mother is the
former Sandra Jean Diehl and they live
at 4080 Florida St., San Diego. Grandmother Diehl a nd son Keith were in
San Diego following the birth and were
scheduled to r etur n early this month.
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Caugnt in a moment of auditorium gazing
he(orc the evening program started is
Mrs. George Wylie of Menominee and
Mrs. Harold W. Diehl of Midland.
MRS. MAE THUMA was honored on
her 88ti1 birthday Aug ust 18 by an Open
H ouse a t the St. Charles parsonage, the
home of her son, Rev. Harold W. Diehl,
and Mrs. Diehl. Lad1es of t he Brant
and S t. Cha rles churches a ttended. Refreshments included s ome of Mrs.
Thuma's favori te cookies which she
baked. Follow ing a brief hospitalization
in July, Mrs. Thuma's apartment in
Sagi na w was closed and s he is n ow
living with the Diehls at 305 W. Belle
Avenue, St. Charles. Florence Mae
Nor t hrup was born in Imlay Ci ty, Aug ust 18, 1876, a nd moved with her pa r ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Northrup, to
a farm site northeast of Marlette where
her father cleared the land and s tarted
f a rm ing. Three brother s and two sisters predeceas ed her, as well a s her husbands : Edward J. Diehl and Ernest J.
Thuma. In addit ion to her son, she h as
a da ughter, Mrs. Carl Smith, in Hig hland Pa rk; fiv e g randchildren and seven
grea t-grandchildren. M a n y ministers
who served in t he Ma rquet te Dis trict
with her son will r ecall stopping a t her
apartm ent f or a meal or an over-night
stay while t hey were en route between
t he ypp~r Peninsula a nd a C!2-{l~re».ce
meetmg m t he Det roit area. '1/ /1f&,'cJ
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Four ministers from the Detroit Conference worked in the press room of tl1e
General Confe1·ence sending back to
Michigan news releases of interest to
Michigan United Methodists. Seated at his
typewriter is Harold W. Diehl and standing, left to ~·1ght, are Clyde Carpente1·,
Don B. Doil and Paul Amstutz.
M AY 7 , 1970
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THE REV. HAROLD and MADELINE
DIEHL celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary Sept. 3 by moving into a villaapartment in Bayview Gardens, a retirement community on Tampa Bay, Fla. They
were ably assisted by their daughter, Sandra, and son-in-law, Richard Giebner, who
now reside in Largo, Fla. Daughter Janet,
a teacher, lives in Milwaukee. The Diehls'
new address is 2855 Gulf-to-Bay Blvd,
-37-D, Clearwater, FL 34619-0416. Telephone is (813) 799-1043. Madeline and
Harold continue to be active in Christ
UMC in downtown St. Petersburg, where
they serve on the mission/church and
society work area. Harold shares in teaching an adult class. Madeline also participates in a circle at the Clearview UMC, in
St. Petersburg. Harold had the experience
July 21 of uniting their son, Keith, in marriage to Karen Kester, in a ceremony at
Alta, Utah. Harold continues active in
Pinellas Habitat for Humanity, which
builds houses for the working poor. He
serves as secretary to the executive committee and the board of directors. He also
works as a volunteer in the Habitat office.
The gifts to Pinellas County Habitat for
Humanity honoring the Diehls added up
101;.s-/1 t? 9 o
to nearly $3,000.
"My peace I give to you ... "
THE REV. HAROLD
DIEHL, 8 1, who touched
m any lives through his work
with Habitat fo r Humanity,
died Feb. 27 at hom e in Largo,
Fla. H e had been an active
m em ber of Habitat since the
first home in Pinellas, Fla., was
built in 1985. Two weeks
before his d eath he offered the
dedication for the 48th hom e
H abitat has built in Pinellas.
Rev. D iehl was born in Sagin aw, Mich., Apr. 8, 19 14, and
retired in 1972 from the
D etroit Conferen ce. In 1983
h e m oved to S t. Petersburg,
where he served at Clearview
UMC. M oving to Largo in
1984, he served Oakhurst
U M C of Seminole before moving to C learwater in 1985. H~
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All proceedings of the Det roit Conference were ta ped for possible f t
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u ure re e re nce
an d f or f I mg WI
e IStoncal. Society. Shown
h er e is H a rold n·1e hi , b ac k stage,
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operat mg t he r ecor dmg devices.
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got involved in SeniorNet,
teaching elderly people how to
expand their lives with com puters. H e leaves his wife,
. M adeline E.; two d aughters,
Sandra ]. Giebner, Largo, and
the Rev. Janet Diehl, M ilwaukee; a son, Keith H. Diehl of
Salt Lake City; and m any other
relatives. A m emorial service
was held Mar. 3 at F riendship
UM C, C learwater. The family
has asked for contributions to
Pinellas H abitat for Humanity.
Condolences may be sent to
M adeline D iehl at 19 12 Imperial Palm D r., Largo, F L
34641.
Information for this obituary was
taken from an article in the St.
Petersburg Times, Mar. 1, 1996, by
~y Bolger-Paulet.
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Diehl, Harold W.