OBIT: James B. DIETZ, 2000, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  DIETZ
  
    James B. Dietz, 94, until April lived in Colonial Apartments, South
  Rosina Avenue, Somerset, died Aug. 4, 2000 in Virginia Beach, Va.  Born in
  Johnstown, Sept. 4, 1905, son of William H. and Grace (Murray) Dietz. 
  Resident of Somerset 1919-1949 and again from 1981 through April of 2000. 
  Preceded in death by wife, the former Emily Margaret Shaffer; brothers,
  Robert and Kenneth; sisters, Leora McVehil (his twin), Romaine Garlitz,
  Billie Barkman, Adeline Harrison, and Anna Belle Dietz.  Survived by son
  James W. and his wife, Virginia, "Ginger" (Beltz) Dietz, Virginia Beach,
  Va.; step grandsons Michael and Christopher Sabato; sister Elizabeth
  Graham-Korns of Patriot Manor, Somerset; and sister-in-law Naomi Shaffer of
  Jennerstown.  In his early years he was a part-time employee of J. Watson
  Frease Grocery, Dosch's Drug and J.C. Penney in Somerset.  Long career in
  education 1923-1980: elementary teacher, principal, Lincoln School, Jenner
  Township; math, history teacher, Somerset High School; principal,
  Jenner-Boswell, Jennerstown Joint High School, (North Star): teacher,
  student teacher supervisor and principal at Pullen Laboratory School, then
  assistant Professor of Education and after "retirement" a Supervisor of
  Student Teachers, all for Frostburg State College, Frostburg, Md.  He
  graduated from Somerset High School in 1923 and in the same year began both
  teaching and pursuing his education at California State Normal School.  He
  received his Normal School diploma in 1931, his B.S. from California State
  Teachers College in 1936 and his M.Ed. from the University of Pittsburgh in
  1941.  A member of Calvary United Methodist Church for all his years in
  Somerset, he was a member of St. Andrews Lutheran Church in Boswell from
  1950 to 1962 and a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Frostburg, Md.,
  from 1963 to 1981.  He served all as a Council member and each in various
  other capacities.  Mr. Dietz was at various times Somerset Borough
  Assessor, Director of the Mary S. Biesecker Public Library, president of
  the Somerset County branch of the Pennsylvania State Education Association
  and a member of both the county and state associations of school retirees
  and the County Historical and Genealogical Society.  He volunteered at the
  Springs Festival for 20 years.  Friends will be received 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.,
  Monday at the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, Somerset.  Services will be
  conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Calvary United Methodist Church, Somerset,
  with the Rev. Raymond E. Lyon officiating.  Interment, Husband Cemetery. 
  In lieu of flowers, the family honors Mr. Dietz' request by directing
  memorial donations to the American Cancer Society, the American Heart
  Association or the American Diabetes Association.
  
  Daily American, August 7, 2000
  
  [D0626-0627]