Mrs. Amanda Diehl
Former Oxford Resident Died in California
The Contra Costa Gazette, of Martinez, Cal., of Feb. 1,
says: At midnight on Wednesday Mrs. Amanda Diehl, one of
the oldest pioneer residents of Martinez, closed her
eyes in sleep and as the tired heart ceased to beat, the
soul from its earthly tenement bringing to a close a
life full of promise and achievement. In the death of
Mrs. Diehl, who for some time past has been an invalid,
the community loses a noble woman. Mrs. Diehl had been a
resident of Martinez or vicinity for over 20 years.
Coming to this country a score of years ago, she and her
husband located on a farm in Alhambra Valley where they
lived until the death, 14 years ago, of Carl F. Diehl,
her husband. Giving up the family in the valley at
that time Mrs. Diehl came to Martinez to make her home
with her daughter, Mrs. Geo. H. Lyford and family and
was there when she died. Mrs. Diehl was a native of
Pennsylvania aged 88 years and two days. She leaves to
mourn her death three daughters and one son.
She was the widow of Carl F. Diehl, a native of New
Oxford, and a brother of Mrs. Jacob Heltzel, of that
place.
February 15, 1913 Adams County News,
Gettysburg Pennsylvania
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