FRANK DEITRICH PASSED AWAY
Frank Deitrich, 93, one of the oldest retired farmers of Hegins Township, died early Wednesday morning at his home in Hegins R.D. 2. He was ill but a short time. He was a son of the late Elias Deitrich and Angeline Deitrich. He was one of the oldest members of the Lutheran Church in Hegins.
He is survived by two sons, John Deitrich, of Hegins; Irvin Deitrich, Fredericksburg, and five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Saturday afternoon at two o’clock from the H. E. Miller funeral home in Valley View. The Rev. Charles E. Brodell, pastor of the Friedens Lutheran Church officiated. Burial was made in the Hegins Union Cemetery.
The family wishes to thank all friends and relatives for their kind words of sympathy, for the lovely memorials of flowers and the use of cars for the funeral.
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From a local newspaper at the time of his death, 1944.
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