Donald Diehl

Donald Allen Diehl, 95, passed away Saturday, September 22, 2007 at Iowa Health Taylor House Hospice. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at Highland Park Church of the Nazarene where he was a member. Burial will be at Resthaven Cemetery in West Des Moines.
Don was born July 14, 1912 to Harvey and Bessie Diehl in Lisbon, ND. He spent his early childhood in Fayetteville and Fort Smith, Arkansas but lived in Des Moines the past 85 years. Don was an active member of the Church of the Nazarene where he held many positions of leadership on the local, district and general levels. He was the treasurer for the Iowa District Church of the Nazarene for a record 46 years and also served on the district governing board for 50 years. He was a member of the General Board, Church of the Nazarene, for eight years and was elected a delegate to the International Nazarene General Assembly 12 times. Don worked for Mrs. Clark’s Foods for 38 years, most of those years as plant superintendent. His friends and family will remember him as a Christian gentleman with strong moral values and one who led with integrity and compassion.
Don was preceded in death by his first wife of 66 years, Della; his parents; and brothers, Lyle and Bert.
Survivors include his wife and devoted caregiver, Karen; three daughters, Donna (Phil) Carlson of Bolingbrook, IL, Dorothy (Robert) Cornelison of Vancouver, WA and Kathy (Andy) Crichton of Duncanville, TX; two sons, Jim (Dorothy) Diehl of Denver, CO and Richard (Linda) Diehl of Phoenix, AZ; 15 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren and one great great-grandchild.
The family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, September 25th at Hamilton’s Funeral Home, 605 Lyon St. Memorial contributions may be made to any of the three organizations closest to Don’s heart, Highland Park Church of the Nazarene, Valley View Village or Iowa Health Hospice.

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