Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Dietrich, Marie O.  June 6, 2012
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on June 10, 2012
  Marie O. Dietrich 
  
  PALMYRA Marie Olga Dietrich (nee Ohlson) died peacefully on Wednesday, June 6, 
  2012, surrounded by her family at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. She was 
  91 years old. She will be remembered for her devotion to her faith and family, 
  her keen mind and educational interests, and her community service. Born in 
  Lynn, Mass., on January 14, 1921, Marie grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., where she 
  attended Prospect Heights High School, formerly Girls' Commercial High School, 
  Class of 1939. Marie graduated, cum laude, in 1943 from Wagner College in 
  Staten Island, N.Y., with a Bachelor of Arts in English. She helped found the 
  college's second sorority, Theta Pi Epsilon, now known as Alpha Omicron Pi, 
  and served as its first President. She was an active member of the French club 
  and sang in the college choir. After college, Marie pursued graduate work in 
  history at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City. In 1944, 
  Marie married her loving husband of 49 years, "Gerry," the late Rev. Gerhard 
  G. Dietrich. They wed at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Steelton, 
  where her husband had just embarked upon his ministry. As the wife of a 
  pastor, Marie embraced all the opportunities and challenges of that role while 
  becoming a most loving mother. With two young daughters in tow, Marie and her 
  husband relocated to Germany in 1949 where he served as Director of Social 
  Services to WWII refugees, sponsored by the Lutheran World Federation. While 
  there, the couple had two more children and Mrs. Dietrich taught preschool and 
  kindergarten in the American military community. She also aided her husband in 
  efforts to relocate refugees. The couple returned to the States in 1955 to 
  reside in Palmyra, where Rev. Dietrich served as pastor at Palm Lutheran 
  Church. As her family continued to grow, Marie also did her work as an 
  educator. She began teaching 1st grade at Derry Township Elementary School in 
  1963, and retired in 1995 at age 74. She was the first woman elected to the 
  Palmyra School Board (1976 to 1982). In her late seventies she audited several 
  foreign language courses at Millersville. She appreciated the arts and enjoyed 
  traveling. Marie, an avid reader, would be pleased to know her book club 
  selected her most recent book suggestion in her honor. Marie Olga Dietrich was 
  preceded in death by her husband, The Rev. Gerhard G. Dietrich, and her 
  parents, Otto Theodore and Mary Constance Ohlson (nee Johnson). She is 
  survived by seven children and 22 grandchildren: Carla (Dr. William) Huffman 
  and their children, Dr. Christopher Huffman, Amy (Tripp) Donnelly, Esq., 
  Kirsten (Kahreem) Hurley, Ingrid (Dr. Karl) Bergmann, Viking (Maria) Huffman, 
  and Stefan Huffman; Kristin Catalani and her children, Anthony and Danielle; 
  Linda (Ron) Eaton and their children, Lauren (Kevin) Imes and Meghan (Aaron) 
  Bricker; Lance Dietrich (Paula) Dietrich; Marlies (Jeff) Patterson and their 
  children, Lars, Lance, Jeffrey, Marie, and Gerhard; Gerhard Dietrich, Esq. 
  (Tami) Dietrich and their children, Margit, Hart, and Anja; Rev. Viking 
  (Marissa) Dietrich and their children, Eoin, Bronwen, Isaac, and Margaret; and 
  six great-grandchildren Autumn, Noah, Weston, Brianna, Benjamin, and Finn. 
  Although Marie began life as an only child, she departed it with a large, 
  loving family at her side. Marie Dietrich's friends and family will miss her 
  deeply. The family will receive visitors at Palm Lutheran Church on Friday, 
  June 15, from 6 to 9 p.m located at 11 W. Cherry St., Palmyra. The funeral 
  service will be held at Palm Lutheran Church Saturday, June 16, beginning at 
  11 a.m. Interment will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Mass., on Monday, June 
  18, at 10 a.m. 
   
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on June 10, 2012
   
  
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