CAPTAIN DEAL DEAD.

Wednesday of last week Captain Diehl, who was one of the best known men in the county went about his work, feeling as well apparently as usual. He attended prayed meeting in the evening at the Baptist church as was his regular custom. He went home, retired and slept well, until towards morning he complained of the ear ache. He did not go out on Thursday because of the trouble with his ear. Friday morning he awoke, talked a while with his wife, his ear still paining him. He turned over and went to sleep. Mrs. Diehl arose and prepared breakfast, going to the Captain's room once or twice and finding him asleep did not disturb him. On entering his room again about eighty-thirty, she found him breathing hard and unconscious. A physician was called at once, when it was ascertained that the patient had sustained a stroke of apoplexy, and that there was no hope of his recovery. He lingered until five o'clock Friday evening when he gently passed away as-one "who lies down to pleasant dreamss."

His sudden death was a great shock to the community, where he had lived so long and was so active in all things pertaining to the community.

Captain Diehl came to Kansas from Ohio in March, 1869, and took up his residence in Johnson county where he lived from that time to the day of his death.

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OBITUARY.

Edwin Peter Diehl was born in New Oxford, Pa., August 20, 1832, and died at Olathe, Kansas, March 20, 1908, age 75 years, 7 months. He was married to Miss Emma E. Brownwell at Canton, Ohio, August 19, 1862, to which union was born five children, viz: Mrs. Alice A. Swank, Mrs. Dr. J. J. Parker of Olathe and Mrs. C. A. Deal of Kansas City and Howard B., the only son, who lives at the parental home.

Captain Diehl was an active man and had occupied several important positions. He was appointed two years ago to represent this state as a delegate to the National Farmers' Congress. He attended two meetings of that organization and took an active part in its work. He was very enthusiastic in the various lines of work which the congress had taken up. He was serving Olathe township as Justice of the Peace at the time of his death.

He was one of the original members of the local Grand Army post and his work for the order was ever faithful. He was a regular attendant at the encampments, always taking a prominent part in the deliberations of the occasion. He has often been called to fill positions of responsibility and trust in the order which he loved so well. He was Aid-de-Camp to National Commander John C. Black and Aid-de-Camp to Department Commanders H. C. Lomis and Stewart. He was department inspector one term and a member of the National Council of Administration in 1902 and Aid-de-Camp to National Commander W. W. Blackmar.

Captain Diehl had an honorable army record, serving the entire four years of that great war. He enlisted at Cairo, Ill., on the 7th of July, 1861, as private in company H, 1st Regiment Ill. Vol. and came out of the struggle as Captain of Co. A, 50th Missouri Volunteers. He came from a family, of soldiers. A grandfather was a veteran In the war of 1812, as Brigadeer General, and a greatgrandfather served in the Revolutionary war.

 In fact Captain Diehl was a very active man, as has been said, all his life, ever ready to do a kind deed and was warm hearted and sympathetic to a great degree. He took great pleasure in aiding those who would apply to him for it.

Captain Diehl was an active member of the Baptist church, serving as Deacon for many years and after he became too old to give the church such services as he thought it should have, he was made an honorary member of the board in which capacity he acted until his death. He will be greatly missed there and in fact in the community in which he had lived so long and was so well acquainted.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon under the auspices of the Masons of which order he had been a member for many years. Rev. Mr. Frasier former pastor of the First Baptist church, officiated. Interment was had in Olathe cemetery. Following were the pall bearers: H. C. Livermore, I. O. Pickering, J. L. Pettyjohn, L. V. Snepp and E. Clark.

Those attending the funeral services from out of town were as follows: F. W. McMillan, Kansas City; Major Holsinger, Rosedale; Senior Class, Kansas City School of Pharmacy; Mr. and Mrs. Deal, Kansas City; Mrs. A. L. Cowden, Stroud, Oklahoma; Mrs. Eva K. Hammond, Canton, O.; Mrs. Chas. Ebert, Mrs. Alice Dunn, Mrs. R. E. Kearney, Mrs. Annie Crawford, Mrs. Russell, Kansas City.

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