Hilde
Diehl died suddenly and peacefully on December 12, 2012. She was admitted to
hospital in the afternoon and died a few hours later. The funeral took place Tuesday December 18,
2012. According to her wishes only the closest relatives were present. She is survived by her sister Elisabeth
Diehl, her nephew Alfred Häuser and many extended family members.
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Hilde was born Hildegard
Anna Margarethe Diehl on 9 July 1922 in
Butzbach Germany. Her parents were Jakob
and Lina (nee Schraub) Diehl. She was the
youngest of three sisters and never married.
She worked as a bookkeeper and
was an avid genealogy researcher. In her
later years she lived with her sister Elisabeth in Butzbach.
In June 2005 she
traveled to Helsinki Finland to meet family she had been seeking for many
years. She was a surprise guest
at the first Diehl Family Gathering hosted by Franciska Diehl Sundholm. We celebrated her 83rd birthday at the
gathering. Her nephew Alfred and his
wife, Inge, had accompanied her to the event.
In 2007 most of those same
relatives visited her in Butzbach for a Family Gathering. On July 9, 2012 she celebrated her 90th birthday in Butzbach,
Germany with family. She was in relative
good health although she suffered from arthritis for many years.
