OBIT: Lewis Henry DIEFENBACH, 1946, of interest in Somerset County, PA 

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LEWIS H. DIEFENBACH

  Lewis Henry Diefenbach, 83-year-old retired blacksmith, died at the home of 
his daughter, Mrs. Carrie Beachy, Monday night, July 22, at 11:00 o'clock, from 
infirmities of old age.
  He was the son of the late Henry and Margaret Wagner Diefenbach, natives of 
Germany, and was born Oct. 12, 1862, at New Germany, Md.
  He was married on Dec. 25, 1888, to Miss Elizabeth Jane Bittinger, who passed 
away Sept. 11, 1923.
  Surviving are one son, George W. Diefenbach; one daughter, Mrs. Carrie Beachy, 
three grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. 
  Mr. Diefenbach resided on a farm near Grantsville till 1925, when he moved to 
town and purchased the home known as the "Three Oaks," on the cemetery road.
  He was a faithful member and attendant of the Grantsville Lutheran Church, 
until the present year, when ill health prevented further attendance.  He was 
confined to his room the last seven weeks, and the past week was bedfast.
  Mr. Diefenbach was a strong Democrat, a good citizen in the community and one 
of Grantsville's oldest citizens.
  Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock in the 
Lutheran Church.  The pastor, Rev. George Bowersox, Jr., will officiate.  
Interment in the family lot in the Greenville cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, July 25, 1946