| Matilda "Tillie" Diel October 2, 1922 October 5, 2009 |
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| Comments from friends and relatives May this tribute bring comforting words and pleasant memories during this difficult time. It has been an honor serving your family. Lanman Funeral Home Staff Name = Carl & Sherry Bahr E-mail = cebahr@hotmail.com Phone Number = 620-896-7330 Memorial Name = Matilda Diel Comments = Our thoughts and prayers are with the family. Name = John & Charlene Somerhalder E-mail = jwsomercms@aol.com Phone Number = 602-954-6755 Memorial Name = Matilda Diel Comments = Don, Catherine & Georgia - We have many precious memories of you mother. She always made us feel she cared for us and was interested in the welfare of our family. She had a warmth about her that so few possess. We always enjoyed visiting with her and will always remember her smile and that little special laugh. Our love and sympathy are with you at this time. We're thankful she was a part of the family. Name = Diana Bahr Dressen E-mail = dianajd@sbcglobal.net Phone Number = 580-762-2942 Memorial Name = Matilda Diel Comments = My prayers are with your family. Remembering our childhood and the many times we came to your house after church on Sunday. May God comfort you as only he can. Remembered how Dad and Mom met at your folks house during harvest time. Thinking of you all. Name = Elsie Bahr Hemphill E-mail = Elsie@Sunflower.com Phone Number = 1/785/843/3902 Memorial Name = Matilda Diel Comments = "May God Hold You in the Palm of His Hands". The last time I saw you was at out 50th Anniversary at Gridley High School. Although distance has separated us most of our lives, I remember vividly our Gridley Days.Your friend and cousin Elsie Fern. |
| Matilda L. “Tillie” Diel went to be with her Lord and Savior on October 5, 2009, at the Kiowa Hospital District Manor at age 87 years. She was born October 2, 1922, in Gridley, Kansas, to Jacob and Katie Raaf. Tillie was raised on a farm near Gridley, Kansas with her seven siblings. She attended a small, one room country school, Errett School District #46 through eighth grade, walking a mile and half each day to school. She attended high school in Gridley, graduating in 1940. Tillie was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church. On April 26, 1942, she married George Marvin Diel in Eureka, Kansas. After she married, Tillie moved to the Burlington, Oklahoma area where she and Marvin farmed and raised their family. Tillie spent endless hours cooking, gardening, canning, and just doing what needed to be done on the farm. She took many meals to the field during harvest . She helped with the American Red Cross Blood Drives, FFA and 4-H Club activities, and church dinners. She was a longtime member of the Happy Day Club. Survivors include one son, Don Diel of Alva, Oklahoma; two daughters, Catherine Rose of Mission, Texas and Georgia Diel of Wichita, Kansas; daughter-in-law, Delores Diel of Kiowa, Kansas; ten grandchildren, Heath and Lee Diel of Great Falls, Montana, Nick and Charity Holcombe of Albertville, Alabama, Ben and Miranda Thomsen of Spanish Forks, Utah, Ryan and Kristen Anderson of Alva, Oklahoma, Allyson and Brandon Hicks of Alva, Oklahoma; John, Bryant and Cameron Diel of Kiowa, Kansas; Jacob and Lucas Diel of Wichita, Kansas; six great grandchildren, along with many nieces, nephews, friends and other relatives. Tillie was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; a brother, William Raaf; sisters, Anna Raaf, Mary Raaf, Hannah Grimm, Caroline Banwart, Frieda Lusk and Ida Mitchell; a son, Rex Diel; and a son-in-law, Robert Rose. Funeral service will be Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at the Apostolic Christian Church in Kiowa with Ron Allenbach and Jeff Bahr officiating. Burial will follow in the Apostolic Cemetery at Burlington, Oklahoma. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Kiowa, Kansas. Condolences may be shared with the family at www.lanmanmemorials.com The casket will be open at the funeral home on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 from 10:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and at the church before and after the service. Memorials may be made to the Kiowa Hospital District Manor or Burlington Education Foundation through the funeral home. |
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