Doris LaVerne Diehl
Doris LaVerne Diehl, 63, of North Platte, died Nov. 29, 1998, at Great Plains Regional Medical Center.
She was born June 1, 1935, at Clarinda, Iowa to Robert Lowell and Gladys Davisson Fletcher. She attended school in Iowa and in Mead.
On June 11, 1951, she married Melvin Diehl at Clarinda. In 1955, they moved to North Platte. She worked at Woolworth’s, O’Conners Five and Ten, K-Mart, Tomahawk Western Store and Detco Oil Company over the last 30 years. She had been a Campfire Girls leader, Cub Scout den mother and received the P.T.A. Life Membership Award. She was a member of the Eagle’s Auxiliary. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Survivors include two daughters, Lori (Ron) Fischer of Shelby and Terri (Clancy) Mullen of North Platte; two sons, Robert of Fort Collins, Colo. and Michael of Fort Knox, Ky.; a sister, Donna (Don) Hughes of Brighton, Colo.; a brother, Richard (Grace) Fletcher of Grand Junction, Colo.; eight grandchildren, Brian, Brenda, Trish, Shay, Emily, Whitney, Aimee and Katy; five great grandchildren, Alexis, Dillon, Lukis, BayLee and Monika and other relatives.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Charlene Fourtner and a brother, Lowell Fletcher.
The family has established a memorial.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Odean Colonial Chapel at C and Sycamore with Pastor David Lux of the First United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Floral Lawns Memorial gardens.
Visitation will be from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and from 8:30 a.m. to service time Wednesday at Odean Colonial Chapel at C and Sycamore.